But, many say, this cry has an increasingly hollow ring.

But such excuses ring increasingly hollow for most of us now.

It is this type of fund-raising and spending that can make the board's limits increasingly hollow, campaign finance experts said.

California's boasts about its nursing homes have grown increasingly hollow.

A. That's a classic explanation, and it's beginning to feel increasingly hollow to us as researchers.

The usual protests about invasion of privacy sound increasingly hollow.

For millions of women, particularly those who are poor or young or live in rural areas, the right to choose is increasingly hollow.

As a result, the Army became increasingly hollow, retaining the form of a large force without the substance.

And the claims by some senior officers that this was all just an elaborate readiness exercise sounded increasingly hollow.

But many educators say this argument rings increasingly hollow.