Examples of 'up empty handed' in a sentence
Meaning of "up empty handed"
up empty handed: Refers to a situation where someone ends with no tangible results or outcomes despite their efforts or expectations. This phrase is often used in informal conversations or narratives to describe disappointments, failures, or unfulfilled expectations
How to use "up empty handed" in a sentence
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up empty handed
Show up empty handed on the first day.
And often times we come up empty handed.
They came up empty handed I guess.
But researchers have not come up empty handed.
We came up empty handed.
They fish all night but come up empty handed.
I knew you wouldn't show up empty handed after my 21st birthday.
He had even asked many close friends only to come up empty handed.
Ashley comes up empty handed.
Her husband George Putnam financed an independent search which also came up empty handed.
It is not uncommon for a chaser to end up empty handed on any particular day.
You know, I think they are going to be pretty disappointed when we show up empty handed.
If we act too early we might end up empty handed and never find Anna.
Although astronomers have searched through Kepler data, they have come up empty handed.
I've never come up empty handed.
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After an intensive search, the team came up empty handed.
If we still come up empty handed.
Time and time again, these experiments come up empty handed.
Sorry we were coming up empty handed.
But I did not imagine that when the time came I 'd be showing up empty handed.
Yeah, but do not go up empty handed.
The police followed up all their leads, but came up empty handed.
It 's rude to show up empty handed.
But despite their efforts, the searchers came up empty handed.
Seems Sir Robert does not intend to come up empty handed after all.
Yet tests for allergies, psoriasis and eczema came up empty handed.
Wentworth exhausted and came up Empty handed.
If it was not for Patrick here, you could have ended up empty handed.
However, not everyone comes up empty handed.
Rule four, when you're on an interview, do not show up empty handed.
You know, I feel bad showing up empty handed.
Then again, perhaps you shouldn't be so inept as to show up empty handed.
But after some digging, he came up empty handed.
In other words, at the end of the day, they will come up empty handed.
Well, a polite houseguest never shows up empty handed.
However, the treasure hunters turned up empty handed.
In the event, all of the teams came up empty handed.
When asked what caused it, they come up empty handed.
I will be tranferred . If we still come up empty handed.
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