How to Use empty in a Sentence

empty

1 of 3 adjective

• She felt trapped in an empty marriage.
• The arena was completely empty.
• The land sat empty for decades.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
• The school is empty, its gates locked.
  — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
• Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
• His seat should not go empty for eight months.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
• His glove, though, came up empty.
  — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
• Brady Tkachuk added an empty-net goal.
  — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
• Jansen Harkins added a late empty-net goal.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
• Two of the goals were into an empty net.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Your era of empty promises has come to an end.
  — Npr Staff, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
• On the other side of the wall is a vast empty room.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 May 2026
• Make seed bombs to toss in empty lots or gardens.
  — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
• An empty shoe can also come to host a creepy crawler.
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
• Plant a cover crop in the empty beds.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
• Liz is the one that’s fearing the empty nest.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2026
• How many gold coins can a leprechaun throw in an empty pot?
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
• By now my mind was almost empty.
  — Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
• Use an empty wall near the stove instead to store your spices.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
• With that in mind, finding a rug for an empty room is easy.
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
• House does so, but the Ghoul finds the pods to be empty.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
• Heat sesame oil in the now-empty skillet.
  — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
• If not in use, empty and cover them.
  — John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
• But the yard and sheds were empty of people and sheep-dogs.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
• Return the empty wok to high heat.
  — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 28 June 2026
• Look at the empty storefronts around this city.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
• After some time the board has more empty slots than pieces.
  — Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
• Windshield wipers were left up for cars that were empty.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
• House opens their chambers, but both are empty.
  — Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
• When empty, the cup sits on top of the carafe opening like a lid.
  — Brittney Morgan, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026

empty

2 of 3 verb

• It's your turn to empty the trash.
• She emptied the contents of her purse onto the table.
• The home has been all but emptied.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
• But the pans of food are about to be emptied.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2025
• My hobbies are the ones that empty my head.
  — Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• That down payment on the house kind of emptied us out.
  — Jo Ling Kent, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Make sure to empty it and rinse it after each use.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
• Both head coaches emptied the bench to start the fourth.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 May 2026
• The crowd emptied out in the fourth quarter.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
• The dock empties the dirt basket and cleans and dries the mop.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 July 2023
• The tank empties post-ride into a huge grate in the floor.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside, 22 Dec. 2025
• Just push a button to empty it.
  — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
• Hold the toaster oven over the trash and brush or empty out crumbs.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
• And don't forget to empty the trash.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 12 Jan. 2026
• After all, psychedelics tend to add stuff to the mind, not empty it.
  — Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
• The canoe was about half emptied when a big wave came along and filled it again.
  — Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
• Your life is not a sprint, and your mind is not a fuel tank to be emptied.
  — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026
• New Haven is spooky in the fog, and the rain had emptied out the streets.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026
• Both teams’ benches and bullpens emptied.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
• Then use a shop vac or sponge to empty the inside of the toilet.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• Just need to make sure Wednesday hasn't emptied the pool first.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• Over nearly four hours, the thief emptied out most of the cellar.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• Instead, empty it and put the items in their rightful places.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
• Miami then emptied its bench late in the blowout win.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
• Miami then emptied its bench late in the blowout win.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
• Take the time to completely empty your golf bag.
  — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
• Make sure all of the wasps are dead, and empty the trap at night when the wasps are less active.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
• The first step to deep clean your oven is to empty it out by removing the racks.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
• As the room empties out, the judge says out loud that there are a number of no-shows that day.
  — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
• Spray the inside of the trash can again to rinse it, then empty the water.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026

empty

3 of 3 noun

• Since candles come in all shapes and sizes, there are a ton of ways to reuse your empties.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023
• Your stomach empties at its normal pace again.
  — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
• Your stomach empties at its normal pace again.
  — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
• Then again, their try-hard meter is on empty and Young would help their pass rush.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2019
• Schedule a free pick-up for your Loop Tote filled with empties.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 25 Mar. 2019
• And even though only one person walked away with the big bonus, no one left empty handed.
  — NBC News, 31 Oct. 2017
• But they weren't finished -- the group pulled through the drive-through lane and threw an empty can through its window.
  — Kendall Trammell and Deanna Hackney, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
• Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
• And, best of all, the vacuum empties itself, so dust stays out of sight and your hands stay clean.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
• After her performance came to an end, no one left empty handed.
  — Kendall Lindsay, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2019
• When the boys game is played first, what often happens is once the game ends, the gym empties while the girls are warming up.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• Watching your personal pile of empties stack up in front of you is a game unto itself.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• Fans clamor for riders to toss them their empties at the finish, and scramble for the souvenirs.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2019
• The horses are saddled in the paddock in two shifts, and at least one stall is kept empty between horses.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 May 2020
• Silently once more his breath fills his lungs and empties out into the closed interior space of the taxi.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
• There were often empties piled near a fire pit at the mossy edge of the pool, a reminder of what teenagers had been up to the night before.
  — Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
• Also, a good, fiber-rich diet empties and cleans out the ass naturally.
  — Dan Savage, Chicago Reader, 16 May 2018
• The dugout empties, the rest of the team stampedes to shallow left field to find the hero and hug him or tackle him or tear at his jersey.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The office tower that empties on Monday.
  — Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
• But the stench that Sánchez referred to comes from a sewage pipe that empties near the Muelle Real.
  — Mario J. Pentón, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• This robot vacuum and mop combo does all the dirty work for you, and it even self-empties for up to 75 days.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
• Anyone looking to be sniffed by a chinchilla is welcome to partake until the next band goes on and the room empties out.
  — Jackson Landers, SPIN, 8 June 2023
• Adding protein and fiber to a meal will slow down the rate at which your stomach empties, and glucose will get into the blood more slowly.
  — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2023
• Beyond a street-side gated entry, a wood footbridge lined with nautical rope empties at the house.
  — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2025
• The adrenaline fades, the calendar empties, and the silence sets in.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• The customers who shop at record stores are leaving empty handed, shaking their heads in disbelief.
  — Independent Retailers, Billboard, 16 July 2019
• At my work, the cleaning service empties everything in the fridge at close of business on Friday.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2019
• After dark, when the memorial park across the street empties and office workers head home, Perelman lights up like a lantern.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Oak Creek empties into the Verde River, a key source of water forthe Phoenix area.
  — Ian James, azcentral, 14 July 2019
• The kayaks loop around a bend and, where Bull Creek empties into it from a thick stand of forest, the water is as clear as vodka.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018