1.   Air-raid wardens in tin helmets watched the skies and silence descended on the empty streets.

2.   But all at once, then, there on that apparently empty street, I smelled an impossible aroma.

3.   Down the empty street he hurried, with many a furtive glance to assure himself that he was not being followed.

4.   Its long black bonnet gleamed in the light of the passing street-lamps, and its powerful engine echoed through empty streets.

5.   Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets.

6.   The rain fell on empty streets.

7.   An empty baby carriage became dislodged from a stoop and careened aimlessly into the empty street.

8.   And then they are gone, vanishing into the subway or melting into the gray of nearby rail yards and empty streets.

9.   As night fell, residents said that gunshots could be heard in the empty streets and that there were no policemen to be seen.

10.   All that can be heard now are the whispers of the Adirondack winds spinning whirls of snow in empty streets.