"Too hot to light a fire in the hearth, and the home's empty for a couple more hours."

As far as she could manage it, there would be no empty hours.

She was glad to do it anything to fill the long, empty hours ahead of her.

It seemed she was always trying to fill empty hours.

It's all she's found to do with the empty hours.

How will they fill in all those empty hours without TV?

To fill the empty hours on the road, some comics go bowling.

"In our time there is no longer any excuse for passing an empty hour."

If only he could hold her close through the long, empty hours of daylight.

There followed two empty hours during which Bond sat and looked out of the window at the wall opposite.