ring hollow

idiom

: to seem untruthful or insincere
Their promises ring hollow.
His apology rang hollow.

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His cries ring hollow when his team cut payroll by nearly $50 million over two years and is barely keeping pace with the majority of the league. Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Syria's interim government has promised accountability, but the promises ring hollow as militant factions operate freely. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 All offseason long the Red Sox have spoken about the need to act with urgency to restore the club to its place as a perennial contender, but after five years of falling short those words were beginning to ring hollow with many fans. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2025 Yet these complaints ring hollow in the mouths of a commentariat that spent the election season boasting that Kamala Harris’s centrism was working. Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ring hollow

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“Ring hollow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20hollow. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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