Empty-handed

"Empty-handed" in a Sentence (11 examples)

But more often than not, we came back empty-handed.

Tom told me that he didn't want to come home empty-handed.

Tom didn't want to leave empty-handed.

When I look for something in our loft, I never come back empty-handed, but not with the thing I had hoped to find.

Don't leave empty-handed.

Tom returned empty-handed.

We had to go back empty-handed.

Tom left empty-handed.

Tom returned to Boston empty-handed.

Tom returned home empty-handed.

United looked on course to end the season empty-handed as well as missing out on Champions League football when substitute Jason Puncheon's powerful far-post finish put Palace ahead with 12 minutes left.

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