Wiktionary
hollow victory
n. a Pyrrhic victory.
Usage examples of "hollow victory".
It was necessary, we felt, to thoroughly terrify our opponents, so that even in hollow victory, they would learn to fear every sunrise until the next election.
The fact that the Lord of the Minwanabi was now obliged to pay for an extravagant ceremony to honour the warrior of an enemy house seemed a hollow victory, and meaningless.
The fact that the Lord of the Minwanabi wasnow obliged to pay for an extravagant ceremony to honour thewarrior of an enemy house seemed a hollow victory, and meaningless.
When no one dared to follow her, it proved to be a hollow victory.
It was a hollow victory, for Keeper would have been better nourished by his sister's corpse.