Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use nought in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word nought? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
But if I had pride in my learning, I had more in my desire not to remain where there was nought for me but the fading memory of my father's name.
The Wind brutal and pure, is there for its own reasons, and human life, any life, counts for close to nought.
If there's something that sets my tolerance barometer to nought it's people suggesting presents for people they don't know.
The cross represents the masculine side of his face, the nought represents the feminine side.
We must not believe that the triumph of experimental science reduced to nought the dreams and ideals of the alchemist.
But the fact the Cowboys had never beaten the Broncos counted for nought last weekend.
However in their earnestness to achieve optimum results some voluntary organisations tend to lose direction, often resulting in their efforts coming to a nought.
In European Union Member States, there are many thousands of children in institutions, including between the ages of nought and two years old.
The people who applied for these licences actually missed a nought off in their calculations.
Failing this, all efforts at reconciliation and nation-building will come to nought.
I am concerned that the modest progress we have achieved may be brought to nought.
The international community has seen its efforts reduced to nought by the stubborn and single minded perseverance of Milosevic.
This unspeakable disaster reduced to nought all the country's development efforts.
All groups and delegations should be thanked for their flexibility, without which the Conference would have come to nought.
We must recognise that the reforms to be undertaken may come to nought unless the public can connect to the European project.
The relative strength of radar reflectivity is tabulated by sigma, for discrete objects, and by sigma nought for natural terrain surfaces.
If we welcome the phenomena without accepting God and His Mother, the former remain void, meaningless, and are nought else but exterior signs.
Are those perhaps just numerical problems, and do they have the decimal point in the wrong place, a nought or two dropped off, or a nought or two added?
Still, there was nought he could do, other than fight and survive.
Most of the Crustacean's money-making schemes came to nought.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
Cousin Bess said nought, but wagged her head, and tare her flannel in twain.
The castle is taken and on fire, the seneschal is slain, and there is nought left for us.
Throughout the whole reign elections by capitular bodies were constantly set at nought.
Now there were the Maiden and the carline at their house, and nought easy was the rede for them.
Do you think my lady has nought to do but attend to the whimsies of chits like you?
I pointed out to Spider, who was soon rampaging about him behind chuff's back, that he had nought to fear.
But hereof it availeth nought for me to speak any longer, for thine ears are deaf to these words, and thou wilt not hear them.
The ramparts of insecticide with which he surrounded himself availed nought.
And shame me not for nought, I'll freely own whate'er amiss, Or blameful I have wrought.
Very well, then, how do you account for the fact that this nought was added to the nine in the counterfoil on or after Tuesday?
So they rode on, and nought more befel that day, and they guested in a fair thorp in good enough welcome.
But it surprised me much that Mother Alianora lay and hearkened, and said nought.
Fearsome it was there alone in the gloom, but the lady Janet was heedful of nought.
When he marked the falling glaive he deemed that his day had come, for he was a naked man, clad in nought but his shirt and hosen.
Some ran to coffer, and some to kist, But nought was stown that could be mist.
Lady Bountiful, who was bountiful in nought but reviling, was the person whom I met.
Hail God and man together in fere.253 For thou hast made all thing of nought Albeit that thou liest poorly here.
I said nought to him, for I trow thou wouldst not have him know thy plight!
He took sabbatarianism as a type of the things that should be set at nought.
And nought else did I feel or think, I lived but just enough to be a flower at your feet.
Show More Sentences
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
6-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024