Examples of 'came up empty-handed' in a sentence
Meaning of "came up empty-handed"
Came up empty-handed: Describes a situation where someone did not achieve the desired outcome or find what they were looking for, resulting in disappointment or failure
How to use "came up empty-handed" in a sentence
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came up empty-handed
The CSUs followed up but came up empty-handed.
The bandits came up empty-handed because they stole an empty truck.
I do not want to tell the sarge we came up empty-handed.
They both came up empty-handed.
We have been to a hundred places and came up empty-handed.
The boys came up empty-handed.
So Turolla opted to search around the Cueva de los Tayos and came up empty-handed.
And twice they came up empty-handed.
She came up empty-handed - so she created one.
And all the damage says they came up empty-handed.
Garcia came up empty-handed.
They raided his office six months ago . They came up empty-handed.
Investigators came up empty-handed today.
Came up empty-handed at first.
We searched all over And came up empty-handed.
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Ethan came up empty-handed.
I tried to trace it, but I came up empty-handed.
And came up empty-handed.
And had to make a run for it. Came up empty-handed No.
And even if you came up empty-handed while trying to find their ‘ actual ' website.
After opening one drawer after another, I came up empty-handed.
On the sly. Came up empty-handed at first.
My father just said I was cured . When the doctors came up empty-handed.
When the doctors came up empty-handed.
Back to campus. I don't want to tell the sarge we came up empty-handed.
However, despite their agility, the bandits came up empty-handed because they stole an empty truck.
Early searches for the top quark at SLAC and DESY ( in Hamburg ) came up empty-handed.
Suffice it to say, we came up empty-handed.
But … when I tested the oxygen system on the Skystormer, came up empty-handed.
Unfortunately, he came up empty-handed.
I thought it was strange, too . I tried to trace it, but I came up empty-handed.
I follow my leads . And came up empty-handed.
And had to make a run for it . - Came up empty-handed.
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