NAY in a Sentence
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35 example sentences for NAY, such as:
1. But again the old Manxman said nay.
2. For she was the widow would say him nay.
3. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.
4. Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.
5. He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.
2. For she was the widow would say him nay.
3. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.
4. Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.
5. He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.
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Meanings and Examples of NAY
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nay
ad. not this merely but also; not only so but
n. a negative
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 Nay, nay, Brother Stangerson," cried the other; "the question is not how many wives we have, but how many we can keep.
2 Nay, nay," said De Bracy, "let the fair sovereign's throne remain unoccupied, until the conqueror shall be named, and then let him choose the lady by whom it shall be filled.
3 Nay, nay," said Prince John, impatiently, "I promise thee he heard me; and, besides, I have farther occupation for thee.
4 For she was the widow would say him nay.
5 She felt angry with him for not having got clear of a Bertha Coutts: nay, for ever having married her.
6 Nay, nay, I entreat you; for one moment put down your work.
7 Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.
8 He would gain cheerfulness, and she would learn to be an enthusiast for Scott and Lord Byron; nay, that was probably learnt already; of course they had fallen in love over poetry.
9 Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge: that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and believed it to be done.
10 To a degree, I could contradict this instantly; but, when I began to reflect that others might have felt the same--her own family, nay, perhaps herself--I was no longer at my own disposal.
11 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee say me not nay.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
12 It was a very dubious-looking, nay, a very dark and dismal night, bitingly cold and cheerless.
13 In the serene weather of the tropics it is exceedingly pleasant the mast-head; nay, to a dreamy meditative man it is delightful.
14 But in most creatures, nay in man himself, very often the brow is but a mere strip of alpine land lying along the snow line.
15 But again the old Manxman said nay.
Example Sentence:
1 The daily work continued;nay, it actually increased.
2 He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.
3 Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.
4 Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.
5 The House of Commons can merely say yea or nay to the executive judgment.