ring hollow

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To seem to befalseorimplausible; to beunconvincing.1901,W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 9, inThe Hero:In his own ears the words he spokerang hollow, awkward, even impertinent. He could say nothing which did not seem hideously supercilious.2025April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Recognising your mistake and atoning for it is, of course, to be applauded, but after all the decades of cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy, itrang hollowfor many.

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