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How to use empty handed in a sentence

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After a long walk thru the woods I may end the day empty handed or find one beautifully spalted dead log that will keep me busy for weeks.
The gang fired the gun at the glass security screen of the Post Office in Halifax Road, Cullingworth, at 10 am on Monday but fled empty handed.
North Kent police said the three left empty handed after being scared off by the woman's screams for help.
They know that you'll buy the plain, egg, and pumpernickel out of fear of returning to the home front empty handed.
Luckily they woke up when the window shattered, so the burglars got away empty handed.
About 40 officers sealed off the bank and nearby streets before it emerged that the robbers had bungled the raid and fled empty handed.
Any longer than that and I'm liable to drop the jeans in the nearest bargain bin basket and run out of the shop empty handed.
The woman let them in, but luckily a male friend called in and distracted the men and they fled empty handed.
In the end, Emily got some scrapbooking hole punches where Rebecca walked away empty handed.
They didn't go empty handed, they brought tea, sugar, home-made bread, eggs, home cured bacon and twist tobacco.
Any child that projects sass or any attitude walks home empty handed!
This is because Moroccan society is quite severe with those who have set foot in Europe and return empty handed to their native country.
For all those who don't want to go home empty handed, there are many opportunities to rummage around and shop.
The burglar only entered the building, activated the fog machine and left empty handed.
He says that we are going to go cap in hand and we are going to be empty handed when we go.
Ms. Legault was recently invited to the gala of the Quebec Community Newspapers Association, and she did not leave empty handed.
With a large selection of fresh, in season beef, poultry, fish, shellfish and produce, you won't leave empty handed.
The thieves escaped empty handed after the van's alarm was activated.
At the end of the day however, everyone that went to Cancun has come away empty handed.
It is an experience that leads her to develop her abandonment in God, trustful that he who makes recourse to the father does not leave empty handed.
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With little thought for their own safety, the pair dodged a volley of violent sledgehammer swings before grabbing the bag of loot as the men fled empty handed.
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