How to Use vacant in a Sentence

vacant

adjective

• The seat was left vacant when the secretary resigned.
• He had a vacant expression on his face.
• These lockers are all vacant.
• Io and Rudolf took a walk in a vacant lot full of garbage.
  — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• Two of the 12 resigned from the House to fill vacant seats in the Senate.
  — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021
• The rise in rents has eased, and more apartments are vacant.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• Sadly, the Skirvin closed its doors in the late '80s and sat vacant for two decades.
  — Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
• With the win, Hill claimed the vacant UFC light heavyweight crown.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
• Now 78, Zettel will fill a seat that has been vacant for months.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
• Before Finch’s moved in, the space sat vacant for about 12 years.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
• Now, the board has 60 days to fill the vacant school board position.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025
• It was found under the steps of a vacant house near Fosters.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2022
• The town’s streets were mostly vacant, yet echoed with the storm raging around them.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
• Poppies grow along the sides of U.S. 60, in the median and fill vacant lots.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2022
• Nine district and three vacant at-large slots were on the ballot.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• The vacant lots where the houses were to go are still vacant and littered with trash and tires.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
• But the foundation has now moved to New York City, and the building is vacant.
  — Candace Taylor, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
• The homes along this and other streets are mostly vacant.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• At game time, Hardaway was elsewhere and the Big O's seats were vacant.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2023
• All 12 school board seats — nine district and three vacant at-large slots — were on the ballot.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• But those stores closed years ago and the strip mall has sat mostly vacant ever since.
  — Dustin Wyatt, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• McCarthy went on to be elected to the House in 2007 to fill the seat left vacant when Thomas, his old boss, retired.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2023
• Over the weekend, Allen’s home was vacant, with curtains drawn, lights turned off, and no cars in the driveway.
  — Drew Iden, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• Gene Odom, who wrote a book about the band and leads tours of Lynyrd Skynyrd landmarks for fans, said the building has been vacant for decades.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
• Newberry drove the car to Savannah Avenue, parked it in the back of a vacant lot and set fire to the car.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022
• Then Stutts, Davis and an ally won a new election to fill those vacant seats.
  — Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2021
• In stark contrast to the vacant storefronts in the heart of the central business district, things are bustling a mere stone’s throw to the north.
  — Sanford Stein, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
• Cohen is less certain about the vacant 8,000-square-foot storefront on the ground floor.
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• The theater, which has been vacant for decades, served the city’s Black community when most other venues were segregated, said Leggs.
  — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
• At least three candidates have now entered the race for the Woodbury-area Senate seat left vacant by the resignation of Nicole Mitchell last week after her felony burglary conviction.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025