hollow (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollow (out)
Verb
  • Over the years, players, including Durham, sometimes gave Wickers money to supplement his income from washing windows, shoveling snow and other odd jobs.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
  • There’s also evidence that the ship’s engineers left the boilers on, shoveling coal into the furnaces to keep electricity running.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The thrill of the rush is what got kids on the run as their parents tried to direct them to areas not yet excavated.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Underground is a contemporary interpretation of the Roman baths excavated in nearby Cimiez, with a warm tepidarium, a hot caldarium, and a frigidarium, or cold plunge.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Hollow (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow%20%28out%29. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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