Examples of nil in a Sentence
They took a 2 to nil lead in the second half of the game.
the difference in the audio performance of those two CD players is nil
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With the score tied at nil-nil, Coda has his penalty saved, awarded when Giuseppe Sibilli was brought down in the area.
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David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Lozano left the field, tried to rally, but never rejoined a match that would end nil-nil.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
This was total obliteration too, a three-nil whitewash that was clinical and composed.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Lozano left the field, tried to rally, but never rejoined a match that would end nil-nil.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
This was total obliteration too, a three-nil whitewash that was clinical and composed.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for nil
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“Nil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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