This hypothetical question seemed like a suggestion, although without substance.

We think of time as a cold transparent thing without substance.

Your nominal support of environmental protection has been without substance and effect.

We used to believe that the concept was totally without substance.

The eyes- But the darkness to which he fled was without substance.

He was, as the court's servants proclaimed, the least of his household and all pretty words without substance.

Presidential campaigns offer a "thousand points of light" without substance.

However, there are strong reasons to believe that the allegation is not without substance.

It has the appearance of a straight crest without much substance below.

Letters and numbers in a random grid can take shape without substance.