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. There's nothing but junk on the TV.
4. There is nothing like a true friend.
5. Knows nothing of practical gardening.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOTHING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nothing
 ad.  not at all
 n.  no thing; not anything
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.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
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.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
17  Libertarians argue that nothing should be censored.
18  The true artist lets nothing come between himself and his work.
19  I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends.
20  A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, and realize how blessed you are for what you have.
21  There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
22  Don't give up when you still have something to give, because nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
23  Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
24  I feel nothing but contempt for people who treat children so cruelly.
25  There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do.
26  The manager was most amenable: nothing was too much trouble.
27  There is nothing like a true friend.
28  Try not to worry - there's nothing you can do to change the situation.
29  There's nothing but junk on the TV.
30  I can never understand why Mary said nothing about her wrongs.