diff --git a/cond.go b/cond.go
index 01754a0..5991c3d 100644
--- a/cond.go
+++ b/cond.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (c *Cond) LTE(field string, value interface{}) string {
 
 // In is used to construct the expression "field IN (value...)".
 func (c *Cond) In(field string, values ...interface{}) string {
-	if len(field) == 0 {
+	if len(field) == 0 || len(values) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (c *Cond) In(field string, values ...interface{}) string {
 
 // NotIn is used to construct the expression "field NOT IN (value...)".
 func (c *Cond) NotIn(field string, values ...interface{}) string {
-	if len(field) == 0 {
+	if len(field) == 0 || len(values) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ func (c *Cond) NotBetween(field string, lower, upper interface{}) string {
 
 // Or is used to construct the expression OR logic like "expr1 OR expr2 OR expr3".
 func (c *Cond) Or(orExpr ...string) string {
+	orExpr = filterEmptyStrings(orExpr)
+
 	if len(orExpr) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
@@ -392,6 +394,8 @@ func (c *Cond) Or(orExpr ...string) string {
 
 // And is used to construct the expression AND logic like "expr1 AND expr2 AND expr3".
 func (c *Cond) And(andExpr ...string) string {
+	andExpr = filterEmptyStrings(andExpr)
+
 	if len(andExpr) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
@@ -453,7 +457,7 @@ func (c *Cond) NotExists(subquery interface{}) string {
 
 // Any is used to construct the expression "field op ANY (value...)".
 func (c *Cond) Any(field, op string, values ...interface{}) string {
-	if len(field) == 0 || len(op) == 0 {
+	if len(field) == 0 || len(op) == 0 || len(values) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@ func (c *Cond) Any(field, op string, values ...interface{}) string {
 
 // All is used to construct the expression "field op ALL (value...)".
 func (c *Cond) All(field, op string, values ...interface{}) string {
-	if len(field) == 0 || len(op) == 0 {
+	if len(field) == 0 || len(op) == 0 || len(values) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -489,7 +493,7 @@ func (c *Cond) All(field, op string, values ...interface{}) string {
 
 // Some is used to construct the expression "field op SOME (value...)".
 func (c *Cond) Some(field, op string, values ...interface{}) string {
-	if len(field) == 0 || len(op) == 0 {
+	if len(field) == 0 || len(op) == 0 || len(values) == 0 {
 		return ""
 	}
 
diff --git a/cond_test.go b/cond_test.go
index ec2b4e2..885286e 100644
--- a/cond_test.go
+++ b/cond_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ func TestEmptyCond(t *testing.T) {
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.LessThan("", 123) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.LessEqualThan("", 123) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.In("", 1, 2, 3) },
+		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.In("a") },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.NotIn("", 1, 2, 3) },
+		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.NotIn("a") },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Like("", "%Huan%") },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.ILike("", "%Huan%") },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.NotLike("", "%Huan%") },
@@ -137,14 +139,17 @@ func TestEmptyCond(t *testing.T) {
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Any("", "", 1, 2) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Any("", ">", 1, 2) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Any("$a", "", 1, 2) },
+		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Any("$a", ">") },
 
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.All("", "", 1) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.All("", ">", 1) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.All("$a", "", 1) },
+		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.All("$a", ">") },
 
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Some("", "", 1, 2, 3) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Some("", ">", 1, 2, 3) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Some("$a", "", 1, 2, 3) },
+		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.Some("$a", ">") },
 
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.IsDistinctFrom("", 1) },
 		func(cond *Cond) string { return cond.IsNotDistinctFrom("", 1) },
diff --git a/delete.go b/delete.go
index 67b4c2f..c85c2b9 100644
--- a/delete.go
+++ b/delete.go
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ func (db *DeleteBuilder) Build() (sql string, args []interface{}) {
 // BuildWithFlavor returns compiled DELETE string and args with flavor and initial args.
 // They can be used in `DB#Query` of package `database/sql` directly.
 func (db *DeleteBuilder) BuildWithFlavor(flavor Flavor, initialArg ...interface{}) (sql string, args []interface{}) {
-
 	buf := newStringBuilder()
 	db.injection.WriteTo(buf, deleteMarkerInit)
 
diff --git a/select.go b/select.go
index 5047324..aac9dba 100644
--- a/select.go
+++ b/select.go
@@ -390,9 +390,9 @@ func (sb *SelectBuilder) BuildWithFlavor(flavor Flavor, initialArg ...interface{
 		buf.WriteLeadingString("JOIN ")
 		buf.WriteString(sb.joinTables[i])
 
-		if exprs := sb.joinExprs[i]; len(exprs) > 0 {
+		if exprs := filterEmptyStrings(sb.joinExprs[i]); len(exprs) > 0 {
 			buf.WriteString(" ON ")
-			buf.WriteStrings(sb.joinExprs[i], " AND ")
+			buf.WriteStrings(exprs, " AND ")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -414,9 +414,9 @@ func (sb *SelectBuilder) BuildWithFlavor(flavor Flavor, initialArg ...interface{
 		buf.WriteLeadingString("GROUP BY ")
 		buf.WriteStrings(sb.groupByCols, ", ")
 
-		if len(sb.havingExprs) > 0 {
+		if havingExprs := filterEmptyStrings(sb.havingExprs); len(havingExprs) > 0 {
 			buf.WriteString(" HAVING ")
-			buf.WriteStrings(sb.havingExprs, " AND ")
+			buf.WriteStrings(havingExprs, " AND ")
 		}
 
 		sb.injection.WriteTo(buf, selectMarkerAfterGroupBy)
diff --git a/stringbuilder.go b/stringbuilder.go
index 4c2c7a2..6fd37df 100644
--- a/stringbuilder.go
+++ b/stringbuilder.go
@@ -75,3 +75,29 @@ func (sb *stringBuilder) Reset() {
 func (sb *stringBuilder) Grow(n int) {
 	sb.builder.Grow(n)
 }
+
+// filterEmptyStrings removes empty strings from ss.
+// As ss rarely contains empty strings, filterEmptyStrings tries to avoid allocation if possible.
+func filterEmptyStrings(ss []string) []string {
+	emptyStrings := 0
+
+	for _, s := range ss {
+		if len(s) == 0 {
+			emptyStrings++
+		}
+	}
+
+	if emptyStrings == 0 {
+		return ss
+	}
+
+	filtered := make([]string, 0, len(ss)-emptyStrings)
+
+	for _, s := range ss {
+		if len(s) != 0 {
+			filtered = append(filtered, s)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return filtered
+}
diff --git a/update.go b/update.go
index 973c0c4..7fc66d8 100644
--- a/update.go
+++ b/update.go
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ func (ub *UpdateBuilder) BuildWithFlavor(flavor Flavor, initialArg ...interface{
 
 	ub.injection.WriteTo(buf, updateMarkerAfterUpdate)
 
-	if len(ub.assignments) > 0 {
+	if assignments := filterEmptyStrings(ub.assignments); len(assignments) > 0 {
 		buf.WriteLeadingString("SET ")
-		buf.WriteStrings(ub.assignments, ", ")
+		buf.WriteStrings(assignments, ", ")
 	}
 
 	ub.injection.WriteTo(buf, updateMarkerAfterSet)
diff --git a/whereclause.go b/whereclause.go
index f06ff90..57931da 100644
--- a/whereclause.go
+++ b/whereclause.go
@@ -38,8 +38,14 @@ type clause struct {
 }
 
 func (c *clause) Build(flavor Flavor, initialArg ...interface{}) (sql string, args []interface{}) {
+	exprs := filterEmptyStrings(c.andExprs)
+
+	if len(exprs) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	buf := newStringBuilder()
-	buf.WriteStrings(c.andExprs, " AND ")
+	buf.WriteStrings(exprs, " AND ")
 	sql, args = c.args.CompileWithFlavor(buf.String(), flavor, initialArg...)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/whereclause_test.go b/whereclause_test.go
index cc2478c..5368a0d 100644
--- a/whereclause_test.go
+++ b/whereclause_test.go
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ func TestWhereClauseSharedInstances(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestEmptyWhereExpr(t *testing.T) {
 	a := assert.New(t)
-	var emptyExpr []string
-	sb := Select("*").From("t").Where(emptyExpr...)
-	ub := Update("t").Set("foo = 1").Where(emptyExpr...)
-	db := DeleteFrom("t").Where(emptyExpr...)
+	blankExprs := []string{"", ""}
+	sb := Select("*").From("t").Where(blankExprs...)
+	ub := Update("t").Set("foo = 1").Where(blankExprs...)
+	db := DeleteFrom("t").Where(blankExprs...)
 
 	a.Equal(sb.String(), "SELECT * FROM t")
 	a.Equal(ub.String(), "UPDATE t SET foo = 1")