Empty-handed

Synonyms for "empty-handed" (34 found)

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Adjective(5 words)

Adjective(5 words)

Adjective(7 words)

Adjective(1 words)

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11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (53537)

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

Source: tatoeba (1092687)

Tom didn't want to leave empty-handed.

Source: tatoeba (2025926)

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

Source: tatoeba (2499425)

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