Sentences with phrase «to come up empty»

I took down the model number and tried to search for it, but came up empty handed again.

Stories abound of a single postdoc drawing more than 100 applications and the best and brightest coming up empty in their hunt for academic jobs.

However, her online searches came up empty, and it seemed no such site existed.

We are pleased to report, we're still coming up empty.

I've been on a search for the perfect white dress all summer, but I keep coming up empty!

The search for a genetic link to depression, which affects 350 million people worldwide, has come up empty for years.

Three other experiments have also recently come up empty.

I've tried to find out but have always come up empty - handed.

Evidence from twin studies notwithstanding, the search for specific genes linked to major depression has come up empty [52, 53].

I tried to find them, but a quick search on the net came up empty.

I've routinely called carriers over the last eight years in hopes of finding a magical military discount, but usually come up empty.

A few lawyer colleagues I spoke to had done the same thing and come up empty as well.

Her search for the perfect cracker to accompany her top - selling homemade soups and salads came up empty, so she simply developed her own delicious recipe.

But it is worth exploring; conventional clinical trials have repeatedly come up empty.

It is the only known fossil of this species, with a search in museums and sediment deposits coming up empty.

I've come up empty finding the perfect faux fur coat so far but this still does it for me until the right one comes along.

If you were one of the many shoppers who came up empty, we have some good news for you.

My search for good «black women only» lesbian dating sites came up empty, but you can meet black lesbians by using the websites below.

She goes out to look for a job and almost comes up empty, until she finds a spot at the gas station.

It would be great to see it pick up prizes, but it might not get much, or even come up empty - handed.

Most of the time, when mice went running, the cat came up empty.

While there last week, I investigated this question for myself, and likewise came up empty - handed.

If one pull comes up empty, never mind, keep pulling.

If my inbox comes up empty, I take two seconds to search for online coupon codes.

If you've been spinning your wheels and coming up empty handed, it's time to try something different.

Experiment after experiment has come up empty in the search — and the newest crop is no exception.

If your search comes up empty, remember that you possess one skill that is always in high demand in many parts of the world?

I'm searching high and low for something just like them for my nursery and I keep coming up empty!

Grossing a most respectable $ 38 million domestic despite coming up empty on Oscar night, Brooklyn hits stores this week, just in time for St. Patrick's Day, in separate DVD and Blu - ray + Digital HD editions from Fox.

Xenon100, a tub of liquid xenon in Gran Sasso, and CDMS II, next door to CoGeNT, have so far come up empty.

We used oreo cookies and modeling chocolate on our snowman this week after coming up empty handed while searching for something to use from the great outdoors.

Small businesses have a tougher time getting approved due to factors including lower sales volume and cash reserves; add to that bad personal credit or no collateral (such as real estate to secure a loan), and many small - business owners come up empty - handed.

Raising further doubt, a team led by Douglas Galasko, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego, twice tried to find BMAA in Chamorros and North Americans who died of brain disease — and both times came up empty - handed, though using a different method of chemical identification than the one employed by Cox and the Miami team.

I too, have experienced, white mantle envy, as I love to do up my beautiful cherrywood fireplace, and was surprised that my pinterest searches usually came up empty with dark wood mantles.

Kevin Koone comes up empty at his favorite fishing hole on the Buffalo River whenever he catches a whiff of raw sewage.

If you're tired of coming up empty - handed while looking for love online, chances are you're suffering from a relationship syndrome called ODF, the acronym for online dating fatigue.

When police come up empty - handed, the star's husband, a disconsolate legal clerk named Sven Norberg, must take up the quest on his own.

But according to Gurley's testimony, he was given the impression that the due diligence investigation came up empty.

There are more studio bets coming up empty.

Oddly enough, if you go looking for this movement on a Sunday morning you'll probably come up empty.

I scoured some Paleo cookbooks from the library and sadly came up empty - handed.

I searched Barcelona high and low and unfortunately came up empty handed with the fresh curry leaves.

«Nashua showed me a little run going past the stands the first time, but when we hit the half - mile pole that's when he really came up empty on me.»

Wofford came up empty on three straight outside shots as the game ended.