NIL in a Sentence

Learn NIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for NIL, such as:

1. Their result is absolutely nil.
2. The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.
3. You can prescribe nil tax rates for one or more of the property classes.
4. His interaction with the actors is almost nil, which is fine with Freeman.
5. You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness nil, has no real existence.

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 Meanings and Examples of NIL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nil
 n.  nothing; zero
Classic Sentence:
1  The latter, faithful to the principle of Horace, nil admirari, had contented himself with showing his knowledge by declaring in what lake the best lampreys were caught.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 64. The Beggar.
2  You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness nil, has no real existence.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
3  Their result is absolutely nil.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
Example Sentence:
1  His interaction with the actors is almost nil, which is fine with Freeman.
2  You can prescribe nil tax rates for one or more of the property classes.
3  The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.