How to Use nothing in a Sentence

nothing

noun
  • It appeared out of nothing.
  • My children are important to me—I'm nothing without them.
  • The UFO hovered for a while, then vanished into nothing.
  • Tell her that your father's abuse had nothing to do with her.
    cleveland, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Tell her that your father’s abuse had nothing to do with her.
    oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2019
  • From that point on, nothing strange happened in my house again.
    Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 6 Feb. 2020
  • That style, if nothing else, kept the ball away from the Huskies goal.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • There was nothing in his bedroom but a bed and an armchair and me.
    Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Does that sound like a lot to pay for a device that does, well, almost nothing?
    Wired, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Kent State has shown nothing through the air, and that won’t change against the Tigers.
    Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Hoang soon realized love stories would feed her in a way nothing else could.
    Lisa Bonos, Dallas News, 23 July 2019
  • The real crimes were on the other side, as nothing happens to them.
    Ali Dukakis and, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Medina freed Sánchez, but there was nothing more that could be done.
    Maria Perez, jsonline.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The forest looked small and still from there, nothing really to see.
    Arna Bontemps Hemenway, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019
  • People believe now that every side of the war doesn’t care; nothing will change.
    Fox News, 27 July 2019
  • Hansen argued that the firing had nothing to do with the content of the message.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Through the years, these allegations were known but nothing was done to protect these girls.
    Crystal D. Carter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Soon, a chain that seemed destined to become not just one but two household names was worth almost nothing.
    Marcia Chatelain, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The idea of using biometric data to speed up the travel process is nothing new.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Within a certain distance of the point, nothing can escape, not even light, so the black hole forms an inky sphere.
    Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 13 Sep. 2019
  • But nothing in the car or anywhere else tied Henning and Birch to the murder.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 July 2019
  • The reason for the season has nothing to do with earth's distance from the sun, however.
    Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Buckner will likely draw the bulk of the double teams inside, but that’s nothing new.
    Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 17 Mar. 2020
  • This is a game therefore Bayern should win, but nothing is easy in Europe.
    SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • And while nothing has been confirmed, new reporting alleges that the pair have been dating for quite some time.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Ford, who knew nothing about life in Long Island, was unsure about going there.
    Jon Tayler, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The girl knew nothing of the scam, Huffman and prosecutors say.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • What had curdled my blood in Telluride was nothing in Jackson Hole.
    Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 10 Jan. 2020
  • But the smart script would be nothing without actors able to keep up with its surprises, and there's not a weak link in the ensemble.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2019
  • There is nothing in the rules to prohibit the Senator from requesting a glass of milk.
    Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020

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