ring hollow

The words rang hollow in her ears even as she said them.

But last night, the Yankees again made it ring hollow.

So a lot of what he said just seemed to ring hollow to our members."

But that was then, this is now, and the charge rings hollow.

I am sure those words will ring hollow in the ears of the workers hit by this decision.

When I hear people claim that they "support the war," the words ring hollow.

Such determination, however, rings hollow when others are more obviously in need.

But for many villagers in the region, his words rang hollow.

New proposals from his government make both promises ring hollow.

His declarations about getting the world community together on the issue could ring hollow.

If not, then your arguments in favor of this war ring hollow.

But the songs ring hollow; no one expects to hear them in two years.

Any rhetoric about reaching out to the international community rings hollow.

But I think this message rings hollow for many women."

Are the world's pledges of "never again" really going to ring hollow one more time?

Even as he said the words, he knew they rang hollow.

Thus their protestations that life in Congress has got too difficult ring hollow.

But given the agency's knowledge of the problems and inaction, the call rings hollow.

Usually the old Jack is amused, but sometimes the laughter rings hollow.

But it will ring hollow if we do not follow with a statement of our own."

Any positive spin put on this game afterward rang hollow.

The sounds of their passage rang hollow beneath the stars.

The play rings hollow as an inquiry into gray areas of moral responsibility.

In another priest's mouth the ritual words might have rung hollow.

But it rings hollow now, and there are other signs of overconfidence.