VACUOUS in a Sentence

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Two young men in brown robes like furniture-covers were gesturing vacuously and droning cryptic sentences full of repetitions.

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 Meanings and Examples of VACUOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vacuous
 a.  empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
Classic Sentence:
1  Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss Mary Sutherland.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
2  For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
3  For the benefit of beholders they were respectably vacuous.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
4  Two young men in brown robes like furniture-covers were gesturing vacuously and droning cryptic sentences full of repetitions.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  The point is that the most vacuous of the vacuous draws big crowds and media and it doesn't imbue them with substance.
2  The vacuous remarks of the politician annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes.