Below you will find example sentences with "empty promises". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Empty Promises in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: promises
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.2 words

Words in this phrase

empty promises

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • empty can mean: Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. Frequent word
  • promises can mean: plural of promise Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

all the empty promises that were 1× also made empty promises about getting 1× are no empty promises on midtown 1× basis of empty promises and threats 1× by the empty promises of someone 1× by the empty promises of those 1× decades of empty promises about the 1× due to empty promises of successive 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and to finally 1× but the numbers 1× despite the swift 1× editor s note 1× electorate after electorate 1× empty promises are 1×

Common sentence endings:

and ranchers hurting 1× and self interest 1× be a factor 1× fill empty stomachs 1× graphene they complain 1× if they cooperated 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

electorate 3× government 3× response 2× self 2× power 2× let 2× failed 2× citizens 2× editor 1× note 1× jaynie 1× schultz 1×

Related phrases

empty set empty net

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

empty net employment opportunities emphasis placed emperor palpatine emotional support emotional states

Just after it in the phrase index:

empty set encore wire encourage everyone encourage people encouraging people end zone

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

empty set empty net

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "empty promises" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as all the empty promises that were, also made empty promises about getting, electorate, government and response stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with empty set and empty net, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with empty promises

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Empty promises are unacceptable, and so is hypocrisy. (8 words)

All they have received are empty promises,” he said. (9 words)

She said they also made empty promises about getting them legal documentation if they cooperated. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

I hope that with the next legislative session, the voices of the students who are in the most need are heard by our legislators, and their advocacy does not once again fall on deaf ears—because empty promises don’t fill empty stomachs. (43 words)

Despite the swift response of the government, the protest continued, and for some of us the trust deficit that exists between the citizens and the government due to empty promises of successive governments to the citizens could also be a factor. (41 words)

Electorate after electorate has fallen victim to a string of self-serving narcissists prepared to exploit irrational fears, issue empty promises and bend, ignore or break the law in blatant pursuit of power and self-interest. (36 words)

Question examples

Where are all the empty promises that were made by former, past, and current governors of Morobe to build proper roads into Wantoat? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

Editor’s note: Jaynie Schultz’s response to the statement about empty promises regarding short term rentals: “There are no empty promises on Midtown/Valley View.

I hope that with the next legislative session, the voices of the students who are in the most need are heard by our legislators, and their advocacy does not once again fall on deaf ears—because empty promises don’t fill empty stomachs.

Electorate after electorate has fallen victim to a string of self-serving narcissists prepared to exploit irrational fears, issue empty promises and bend, ignore or break the law in blatant pursuit of power and self-interest.

If empty promises and spin were worth anything in this economy, the National Party could have tunnelled all the way to the Bondi outfall.

If Trudeau is smart, he can tear Poilievre’s pipe dream to shreds and inject some political realism into his empty promises in the coming campaign.

It could also mean that our battered electorate, tired of empty promises, should in future elections be looking at voting to power people who will put their interests first.

Its leaders called off a series of strikes on the basis of empty promises and threats.

She said they also made empty promises about getting them legal documentation if they cooperated.

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All they have received are empty promises,” he said.

And to finally make good on some of the empty promises of the 14th amendment as the U.S. was about to celebrate its hundredth anniversary.

Empty promises are unacceptable, and so is hypocrisy.

For too long, we've been let down by the same old parties with their empty promises.

Let us not be fooled again by the empty promises of those who have failed us time and time again.

Previous attempts at dialogue have failed, leading traders to lose faith in the government’s empty promises.

Referring to the musical My Fair Lady, he pointed to the example of Eliza Doolittle who he said is “utterly exasperated by the empty promises” of someone.

We have endured decades of empty promises about the real-world impact of graphene, they complain.

Where are all the empty promises that were made by former, past, and current governors of Morobe to build proper roads into Wantoat?

But the numbers and empty promises consistently haven’t added up, specifically in regards to economic advancement.

Despite the swift response of the government, the protest continued, and for some of us the trust deficit that exists between the citizens and the government due to empty promises of successive governments to the citizens could also be a factor.

In Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other states, Rural America Fund 2020 is working to highlight the empty promises and misguided policies that have left farmers and ranchers hurting.

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