They may be better off in purely economic terms, but still left with an empty feeling.

"In the place of what has been me for 18 years is now a cold and empty feeling," she wrote.

Watching him drive away gave her an empty feeling inside, as if she were the only human left on the planet.

I understand very well the empty feeling of being alone.

After a few minutes the empty feeling passed, but Call didn't get to his feet.

I stared up at him with an empty feeling inside me.

There was no fear left in me, only a hard, empty feeling.

I would have left with an empty feeling if we hadn't won.

I thought about how again we had played so well but leave with an empty feeling.

Maybe later on he will do that, but I'm left with an empty feeling for the moment.