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Used with verbs:
"
This bag feels empty."
(feels, seems, looks, appears, be: is/am/are)
"
The box is empty."
(be: is/am/are)
"
This shelf should stay empty."
(stay, remain)
Used with adverbs:
"
The box of cereal is almost empty."
(almost, nearly, mostly)
"
The shopping mall is virtually empty early in the morning."
(virtually, practically)
"
The hungry kids left the picnic basket completely empty."
(completely, entirely, totally)
"
This bus is relatively empty compared to the last one."
(relatively, fairly, rather, quite)
Used with nouns:
"
He left the empty dish on the table."
(dish, cup, container, plate, bowl, glass, mug)
"
She put the empty bottles in the trash bin."
(bottles, wrappers, boxes, cans, packets, container)
"
The empty apartment was scary at night."
(apartment, house, hallway, room, building)
"
I don't like walking down empty streets at night."
(streets, hallways, sidewalks, alleys)
"
The empty lot is full of garbage."
(lot, land, shop, building, space)
"
His empty stomach made it hard to study."
(stomach)
