The problem starts with an empty vase and an infinite supply of balls.

She couldn't turn them toward her daughter any more than an empty vase can be filled from the other end.

A dig at male chauvinists by referring them as empty vases.

"I hid them in an empty vase- but I don't see why."

Why does your mother always have empty vases around?

In the hallway, you pass one of her empty vases, except that it isn't empty any more.

There was a white vase, empty, on top of the dresser.

When she came back into the room, she put the empty vase back on the table.

There was a table just beneath the stairs, where a heavy black dial phone sat beside an empty vase.

One of the empty vases was filled with flowers.