How to Use nonevent in a Sentence

nonevent

noun

• But buying one or two items of anything in this store is almost a nonevent.
  — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
• The measure of their success is that Y2K now feels like a nonevent.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2020
• But for the first time since 1998, the governor’s race was a nonevent.
  — Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Forecasts may trend toward a more significant snow event or a nonevent with no snow.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• This could be a nonevent and most models show no precipitation.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• The restaurant will be open to the public – even on nonevent days – but ticket holders will have access to the arena.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2017
• Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• This seeming nonevent developed into front-page news at the New York Times.
  — Steve Milloy, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
• Wednesday’s storms were a nonevent for much of Connecticut, where a couple of hours of heavy rain was followed by sunshine and cold.
  — Russell Blair, courant.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• In terms of its effect , a drone that fell from the skies one recent morning in an area south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, was a nonevent.
  — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
• When settlements are small, of course, excluding the legal costs associated with them is a nonevent.
  — Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
• Suite holders are also encouraged to use the space for company meetings and private gatherings on nonevent days at the arena.
  — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
• By suggesting it, Len had communicated his desire to make the reunion between us a nonevent.
  — Morgan Thomas, The Atlantic, 16 May 2021
• The platform is optimized to make the nonevent of its own exaggerated demise seem significant.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2022
• When Amy cuts off Danny in a parking lot of a big-box store, what could have been a nonevent turns into a high-speed car chase with a side of property damage.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• The scramble produced a range of reports — sloppy and incomplete, for the most part — that amplified the nonevent and, yes, exposed Sandmann to ridicule.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
• But Venice this year was a bland, hippieish nonevent, while Documenta descended into a self-righteous muddle.
  — Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
• If her forecast is right, the Fed policy meeting on Wednesday will turn out to be a nonevent in a gradual return to normal policy.
  — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• The election of a state party chair, who traditionally leads fundraising and candidate recruitment efforts, is a nonevent for most voters.
  — Bill Turque, Washington Post, 6 May 2017
• However, November’s general election largely could be a nonevent for many offices.
  — Bristow Marchant, charlotteobserver, 16 Mar. 2018
• On the other, an online release usually registers as a nonevent, and many of the great movies hardly make a blip on the mediascape despite being more accessible than ever.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2021
• While Wednesday was a complete nonevent in its second season, its star was nominated by both the Golden Globes and Actor Awards.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026
• Gerard Barron, chairman of TMC, calls the delisting notice a nonevent that could be easily solved by consolidating its shares.
  — Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
• The Kremlin has treated Navalny’s death as a nonevent, although tens of thousands in Moscow and other cities, overcoming fear of repression, expressed their grief in public and chanted Navalny’s name.
  — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
• While its primary simulation shows a big winter storm in the Mid-Atlantic region, about a third of its 50 alternative simulations with small tweaks present a nonevent, and another third a moderate event.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• Many fine festivities will take place on and around July 4, but compared with the years-long nationwide celebration that marked this country’s 200th anniversary, 250 feels like a nonevent.
  — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026