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Examples of naught in a Sentence
Noun
my locker number is naught-seven-two
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Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
Particularly since quality dialogue is not a strength here, the performers can do naught but try to keep a straight face, some under heavy layers of creature latex.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
So who is to credit (or perhaps, to blame) for Hanna's ability to crush faces with naught but her hands and an emotionless grimace?
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2011
What becomes apparent, for example, is that Johnson, Caro, and Gottlieb suffered deeply from the chiding of their furious fathers, who reckoned that their sons would come to naught, and who have since been proved magnificently wrong.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
But months of tryouts in the lab and driving attempts on Mars come to naught.
—Aline Reynolds, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
There is a nonzero chance that Trump’s bid to reclaim the throne will come to naught.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
He’s also finally asked (or forced, rather) to leave Khazad-dûm with naught to show for it, which is sure to displease High King Gil-galad.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
Microsoft has revealed a vulnerability in TikTok's mobile apps for Android that hackers could have exploited to gain control over someone's account with naught but a single click.
—Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 1 Sep. 2022
Noun
Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.
—Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
Particularly since quality dialogue is not a strength here, the performers can do naught but try to keep a straight face, some under heavy layers of creature latex.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
So who is to credit (or perhaps, to blame) for Hanna's ability to crush faces with naught but her hands and an emotionless grimace?
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2011
What becomes apparent, for example, is that Johnson, Caro, and Gottlieb suffered deeply from the chiding of their furious fathers, who reckoned that their sons would come to naught, and who have since been proved magnificently wrong.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
But months of tryouts in the lab and driving attempts on Mars come to naught.
—Aline Reynolds, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
There is a nonzero chance that Trump’s bid to reclaim the throne will come to naught.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
He’s also finally asked (or forced, rather) to leave Khazad-dûm with naught to show for it, which is sure to displease High King Gil-galad.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
Microsoft has revealed a vulnerability in TikTok's mobile apps for Android that hackers could have exploited to gain control over someone's account with naught but a single click.
—Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 1 Sep. 2022
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“Naught.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naught. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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