With a minimum of chat they disappeared behind stones or bushes, emerging empty-handed and bare-armed, completely clad in white.

Scarpetta is struck by the oddity of seeing him emerge empty-handed from a crime scene.

Frank V. Floriani, the lawyer for the second victim, was left fuming that his client emerged empty-handed.

The writer had thought it was strange that Cliff always emerged empty-handed.

"I can't believe this," Mr. Ishimatsu said as the men in gas masks emerged empty-handed from the subway station.

After an afternoon of shopping, they had emerged empty-handed.

The soldiers emerged empty-handed, however, without saying anything to the family.

Unusually for Di, she emerged empty-handed.

But the plant's critics did not emerge empty-handed.

The plaintiffs will not emerge empty-handed even if the decision is upheld.