His recent handling of Eric Bardsley seemed but a hollow triumph.

So, although miniaturization has been shown to be scientifically possible, it also appears to be economically impracticable - a hollow triumph.

Economist Deirdre McCloskey warns against hollow triumphs like, "Why did the man drink the motor oil?

A hollow triumph; the Boer war marked the beginning of the end of empire.

Heavier taxation might narrow the division between rich and poor, but it would be a hollow triumph if it stifled the economy.

When the House of Commons was presented with the Munich Agreement, however, Chamberlain's hollow triumph was greeted by many as the sellout that it was.

Chiang's American equipped troops seize all major cities, to find a hollow triumph.

Yet it was a hollow triumph.

It was a hollow triumph.

His life was a "hollow triumph."