How to Use nothing of the sort in a Sentence

nothing of the sort

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  • The videos, which were released last week, showed nothing of the sort.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • For years, nothing of the sort existed on the right to respond.
    The Editors, National Review, 19 Sep. 2023
  • What’s framed as a favor for the newly unemployed is nothing of the sort.
    Stephen Ford, WSJ, 26 July 2021
  • New election laws ensure that nothing of the sort will ever happen.
    Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
  • But nothing of the sort has been announced yet, so for the time being, Nvidia takes the lead at this price point.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Yet the thought that brought the most dread was that there would be nothing of the sort, only generous accounts.
    Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Fortunately for the guests and crew, nothing of the sort happens.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2024
  • If there is one, that is, a team that starts the season on the short list of top title contenders and proves to be nothing of the sort.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Locke and Barnes’s discourse, one of the few sequences here with on-screen dialogue, does nothing of the sort.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
  • This apparent call for regime change in Moscow, was, we were instantly told, nothing of the sort.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Or maybe nothing of the sort happens, and the coming weeks surprise us in wholly unexpected ways.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • To begin with the obvious, the 14th Amendment says nothing of the sort.
    The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Unfortunately, the paper of Black et al contains nothing of the sort.
    James Freeman, WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • White spoke publicly for the first time on Wednesday, however, and said the reality is nothing of the sort.
    Mike Bohn, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Facebook, Google and others who live off the algorithmic revenues from such tracking do nothing of the sort.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Public health experts believed nothing of the sort, and by late June the nation was setting new records each day for infections.
    Johnny Edwards, ajc, 28 Oct. 2021
  • But Brands says nothing of the sort explicitly, leaving the readers to decide for themselves.
    Daniel J. Samet, National Review, 27 Feb. 2022
  • The difference was the Bananas are masters of their game; the Chargers were nothing of the sort in the opening half.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The forum has announced nothing of the sort, and the post presents no credible evidence proving otherwise.
    Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The new interface doesn't offer faster or more efficient charging, faster pairing, or more secure magnets—nothing of the sort.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 8 May 2024
  • His books tend to include propulsive plots, often everyday heroes, true love and happy endings, though his childhood promised nothing of the sort.
    Karen Heller, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • In the end, Archer’s testimony—taken that afternoon, released later in the week—did nothing of the sort.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There was nothing of the sort before the Stars-Avalanche game, and no demonstrations during the national anthems.
    Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Claims of fraud and finagling in the 2020 presidential election are met by facts and legal rulings that support nothing of the sort.
    Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2021
  • As success stories go, this one was downright dangerous, offering hope in a pandemic when reality suggests nothing of the sort.
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Worry Darling’s’ back story has become the year’s most appalling Hollywood train wreck, the movie itself, to some relief but also some disappointment, is nothing of the sort.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Bondi suggested in a Fox News interview in February that such a list was on her desk awaiting review, but the department's memo said the Epstein case files contained nothing of the sort.
    Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But in reality, tapping the accelerator in a Bolt would do nothing of the sort, as there's no gasoline engine under the hood and its quiet electric motor wouldn't be capable of producing such an interruption, especially not while parked.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 10 June 2021
  • While other Super Bowl sponsors like Instacart, Pringles and Bud Light will trot out famous faces like Ben Stiller, Sabrina Carpetner and Post Malone, Tecovas will do nothing of the sort.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026

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