How to Use nil in a Sentence

nil

noun

• They took a 2 to nil lead in the second half of the game.
• That's the final whistle and the game is over at nil-nil!
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
• The damping gets hard, the road feel gets thrashy, the body roll goes from nil to none.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 July 2017
• Even if that service dumped him, the chance he would be silenced is nil.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• With high pressure building in overhead, storm odds are quite low to nil.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
• The availability of his work on video or online has been close to nil.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• And if you get lost or badly injured, the cell phone service is pretty much nil.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 June 2020
• The shots that ring out are jarring and harsh, the dramatic impact nil.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
• There’s no shortage of eager young people willing to work for nil.
  — Carolyn Webber, Outside Online, 16 June 2020
• There is next to no ranger presence, and, as in Baxter, cell service is nil.
  — Brian Kevin, Outside Online, 18 June 2020
• Four-nil down at half-time, Mbappe started a ridiculous comeback.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 July 2026
• Import value is nil, though the pic may find a few supporters on the fest circuit.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
• Forget scrolling away idle hours on your phone; cell service is essentially nil.
  — Sara B. Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2020
• Nil-nil after 90 minutes, the game went to extra time and then penalties.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Shower chances are almost nil with the best chance on Monday as cooler air tries to sneak in from the north.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
• Neither hit, however, so the score midway through remained nil-nil.
  — Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
• Even with fan choices leavened by media votes, Murray’s chances at a starting nod are nil.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2022
• The pressure can be alleviated with steroids, for now, and the tumor can be excised, but her chance of survival is nil.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 22 Apr. 2021
• Tatumn Milazzo scored, giving the Royal a 1-nil lead.
  — Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
• To have relations, human being to human being, the chances are almost nil now, which wasn’t the case before.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
• Value for money has been next to nil and even an eternal optimist would be hard-pressed to visualise a redemption arc.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• Atlanta United drew nil-nil in Seattle, then 2-all in Toronto.
  — Mark Bradley, ajc, 11 Apr. 2017
• The water temperature was 76 degrees and the current was nil.
  — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• Notice, first of all, that the larger public’s stake in this is nil, even if the misery of rail workers can be exaggerated.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
• Oregonians no longer have to pay postage to mail their ballots and the coronavirus risk of walking to one’s own mailbox to set out a ballot is nil.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
• Part of the reason for that is because increased vehicular traffic on the highway has reduced foot traffic to nil.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Even worse was Paraguay and Australia, a pair of flawed teams playing to nil-nil in the last group match, knowing a tie sent both through to the knockout stage.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
• Less than two minutes later Forestell used some fancy footwork to weave through the defense and score her first of two goals to put Mobile ahead four-nil.
  — Mobile Athletics, AL.com, 4 Nov. 2017
• Worse still, his knowledge of French culture is nil, while his gifts as a linguist are limited to emitting short, gruff sentences in English.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 29 July 2021
• One-nil down and outplayed by Morocco for the first half hour, everyone looked to Vini in hope more than expectation.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 June 2026