For a long moment, the open space around him sounded empty, still.

He heard her set her glass down; it sounded empty.

Yet the ring of his voice sounded a little empty.

"We'll escort them out," he said, but his voice sounded empty.

Misty listens until the hall outside her door sounds empty.

His voice sounded empty, hiding whatever he was feeling.

His voice sounded empty, as if he were already in mourning.

The song always sounded empty to him, and he could not bring himself to go on.

He held her right hand but his voice sounded empty with distance, thick-tongued.

"I am sorry," he repeated, making the words sound anything but empty.