But in most cases shortages simply meant either empty shelves or long waiting lines.

He had his own empty shelf, until a 15-point contribution to a championship effort.

"No paper books," he had said when they first saw the empty shelves.

The tag stores were 16 percent less likely to have empty shelves.

The whole of the back wall was covered with narrow shelves, almost empty now.

And that's why empty shelves are now part of the consumer nightmare.

They are being confronted with the equivalent of empty shelves.

After she left, I walked through the shop, staring at the empty shelves.

We've gone to grocery stores only to find empty shelves.

I opened the refrigerator and stared at the empty shelves.