Unfortunately, to this taste at least, the Elgar score itself is an exceedingly empty exercise.

In a curious way, the prohibition was encouraging, for it meant that the discussion would not be an entirely empty exercise.

It seemed an empty exercise to her.

But it had seemed like an empty exercise.

Without American leadership, the treaty itself and the conference will be empty exercises.

But I feel like now it seems like an incredibly empty exercise.

This is not an empty exercise, and we do not have our fingers crossed behind our backs.

Her past trips to the region have been empty exercises.

The unlawful killing of leaders is, of course, an empty exercise if these are simply replaced.

Like the Obsession ads, it is a pretty and empty exercise in style.