But the invitation had a hollow ring and he took care to stand at least ten feet away from his friend.

But, many say, this cry has an increasingly hollow ring.

"We will," he said, but the words had a hollow ring.

At least they would survive- Even that assumption, though, was not without a certain hollow ring.

She ignored the hollow ring of those words inside her.

Promises to put victims at the heart of the justice system sound good but can have a hollow ring.

Even to her own ears, this had a hollow ring.

I laughed, but there was a very hollow ring to it.

For the first time in years, the word alone had a hollow ring.

When you're alone, your sense of achievement has a hollow ring to it.