emptying

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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In his soul there was a sound like the last sough of water in an emptying bathtub. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes
In nature is a tyranny; it hath been Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne, And fall of many kings. — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
Silence had sunk around them with the emptying of the tables; it was already late, though the sunlight still clung to everything, as if accidentally entangled in the trees. — The wisdom of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

voidance, evacuation

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