ring hollow
idiom
: to seem untruthful or insincere
Their promises ring hollow.
His apology rang hollow.
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The risk of aggressive adoption is artificial intimacy: perfect responses that ring hollow.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Policymakers and utilities alike have stalled for too long and claimed reforms are too hard, but in the face of skyrocketing demand, such excuses ring hollow.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Critics argue that Thiel’s warnings about the Antichrist ring hollow given his role in building the very surveillance infrastructure that could enable authoritarian control.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's protests about sovereignty ring hollow when her government cannot provide basic security for its own citizens.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Policymakers and utilities alike have stalled for too long and claimed reforms are too hard, but in the face of skyrocketing demand, such excuses ring hollow.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Critics argue that Thiel’s warnings about the Antichrist ring hollow given his role in building the very surveillance infrastructure that could enable authoritarian control.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's protests about sovereignty ring hollow when her government cannot provide basic security for its own citizens.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ring hollow
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“Ring hollow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20hollow. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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