NOTHING in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for NOTHING, such as:
1. No, there ain't nothing, dearie.
2. There is nothing new under the sun.
3. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
4. A good idea without action is worth nothing.
5. Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.
2. There is nothing new under the sun.
3. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
4. A good idea without action is worth nothing.
5. Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of NOTHING
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nothing
n. a quantity of no importance
ad. in no respect; to no degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster.
2 You mustn't blame me if you don't get on with him," he said; "I know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally in the laboratory.
3 Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4 He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
5 Knows nothing of practical gardening.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
6 I may have a laugh at them if I have nothing else.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
7 There is nothing new under the sun.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
8 There's nothing to be learned by staring at it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
9 "To a great mind, nothing is little," remarked Holmes, sententiously.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
10 Of course after that there was nothing more to be done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
11 There was eighty odd pounds in it, but nothing had been taken.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
12 It has been said there is nothing appertaining to life upon the broad plain.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
13 No, there ain't nothing, dearie.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
14 The child stood beside him, holding on to the skirt of his coat, and said nothing but looked all round her with the wondering questioning gaze of childhood.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
15 He had always determined, deep down in his resolute heart, that nothing would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time.
2 There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating, people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
3 I knew absolutely nothing about handling or feeding a baby.
4 According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light.
5 They will stop at nothing to achieve their aims.
6 A good idea without action is worth nothing.
7 I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.
8 You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.
9 You've got to admit - he's nothing if not persistent.
10 Rock 'n' roll has got nothing on these African rhythms.
11 Politeness is like an air cushion; there may be nothing in it,but it eases ours jolts wonderfully.
12 The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all.
13 There is nothing so fearful as to be alone in a combat situation.
14 Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.
15 Envy is blind and kows nothing except how to depreciate the excellence of others.