How to Use nary in a Sentence

nary

adjective

• None of it, nary bit of it, is any of our adult business.
  — Essence, 11 May 2026
• This is a camper at its most stripped down, with nary a kitchen or bathroom in sight.
  — Megan Barber, Curbed, 6 July 2018
• The darker tone is still here, with nary a singing snowman in sight.
  — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 11 June 2019
• Upon slicing open the fresh muffins, there was nary a crag in sight.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
• But there’s a whole world of salad out there with nary a lettuce leaf to be seen.
  — Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2017
• Nancy Pelosi, 79, is a light brunette with nary a stray gray.
  — Author: Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2019
• But it’s done in obvious pantomime, with nary a blot of fake blood.
  — Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, 12 June 2017
• Roughly a dozen vehicles zoomed through in the span of an hour with nary a snag.
  — Erin Baldassari, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2017
• Indeed, nary a fast-food chain nor big-box store mars this historic postcard idyll.
  — Staff Author Published, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
• And the story is still set in 2005, with nary a cell phone in sight.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• The food waste may be excreted so quickly that nary a single fart can be formed.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
• There wasn’t a nary a man, there wasn’t a — there wasn’t a mine a running a lump of coal or running no work.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020
• Well into what’s considered the wet season, there’s been nary a drop of rain.
  — Elliot Spagat, Time, 9 Dec. 2017
• The 49-year-old singer and actress has aged like fine wine, with nary a wrinkle or pore in sight.
  — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 14 Dec. 2018
• But the pop star has been completely off-the-grid for months—with nary a social media post in sight.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 5 Apr. 2017
• Dry seasons when nary a drop of precipitation fell on our yard for weeks on end?
  — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
• Collages securely affixed to the wall with nary a tape mark or thumbtack hole in sight.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 16 May 2019
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding went off with nary a glitch.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 19 May 2018
• Now, with nary a word of explanation from the Getty, the kouros is gone.
  — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The species variety was amazing and there was nary a single squirrel.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
• By the time he was done, Scales had already addressed the council—with nary a camera present.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 11 Feb. 2020
• Paired with a floating fly line, there’s nary a smallmouth scenario this outfit couldn’t handle.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
• There was seemingly nary a parking space anywhere, even at the gym, which led to some angry yogis.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• The pictures of dead soldiers on the TV made nary an impression.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2018
• Two of my siblings offered supportive comments — from the other, nary a peep.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 31 Oct. 2018
• Around the turn of the last century, our place, which is now surrounded by woods, sat stark on a bald hilltop with nary a tree in sight.
  — Vogue, 21 June 2018
• With lanes wide enough for two and sometimes even three bikes, riders are for the most part cordial and careful with nary a road hog in the peloton.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• When the Lindholms returned to the beach the next day, Big Fishy was gone, nary a trace of him to be found.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 9 Mar. 2018
• Superboy Dylan Hayes, a 4-year-old who fell three stories with nary a bruise.
  — Esquire, 8 Mar. 2013
• The Disney theme parks, however, celebrate the spooky season with nary a drop of blood.
  — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2017