How to Use empty calories in a Sentence

empty calories

plural noun
  • Those provide empty calories that don’t nourish your body.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 28 July 2023
  • But the playoffs, for this team, might be empty calories.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2021
  • But all that talent, all that hope, all that buildup turned out to be empty calories.
    Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Let all of these food metaphors not conjure cheese; these are not empty calories.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The truth is that wine, like any other type of alcohol, is full of empty calories.
    Alexa Tucker, SELF, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Spring break buzzkill: Your booze-y drink can be packed with empty calories.
    Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Despite the sweetness of its ending, there are no empty calories here.
    Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Many of Ohio State’s 612 yards, especially the ones obtained in the first half, were the equivalent of empty calories.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Fish may be one of the leanest protein sources around, but fast food fish sandwiches tend to be fried, which can add on empty calories.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Investors have to hope they aren’t getting served empty calories.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • But their points were mostly the equivalent of empty calories.
    oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The duo of Booker and Towns can do real damage in the West, as Booker has proven this season not to be an empty calories scorer.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Traditional fruit juice, once thought of as healthy, has been recast as a source of empty calories and sugar.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Sugar is a major source of empty calories that can contribute to weight gain and belly fat.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Smart move, because sugar isn't just empty calories any more.
    The Editors Of Mh, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Too bad those stats were mostly empty calories for a team pretty much running on empty.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The American way of eating today is focused on profit, not progress, on empty calories and fast food, not on health.
    Eric Adams, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • If non-racist were a beer, each sip would have all the flavor of white privilege with a lot of empty calories and a bitter, shameful aftertaste.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2020
  • Hit the gym: Supercharging your diet to run on the leanest sources of fuel (i.e. less empty calories) is only half the battle.
    Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The food tended to be high in empty calories — those from solid fats, added sugars or both, the organization said.
    Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2018
  • The problem, however, is that wine is loaded with empty calories.
    Kimberly Garrison, Philly.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Hatred isn’t a positive emotion — empty calories for the soul.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields has accounted for 19 touchdowns through his first four games, but those are all empty calories.
    Joseph Goodman, al, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Which is a more technical way of saying there are no more empty calories left on the schedule, from an NCAA tournament perspective.
    Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Beyond the inexplicable stylization of the track's title, the song also feels a bit like empty calories.
    Zack Ruskin, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • These changes present a challenge of eating enough food to get the proper nutrients to help our bodies without eating too many empty calories, which can pack on unwanted pounds.
    chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Another way to ensure more sustained energy throughout the day is to choose nutrient-dense foods instead of foods with empty calories.
    Lisa Drayer, CNN, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Case in point: the recommendation to limit empty calories.
    Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Those would be empty calories if this team had NCAA tournament aspirations.
    Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2018
  • That's not a problem, but some people are consuming lots of soda on a daily basis, and those are essentially empty calories.
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2022

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