Nought example sentences

Related (11): zero, nil, zip, zilch, nothing, naught, cypher, blank, vacant, empty, void

"Nought" Example Sentences

The outcome was nought but disappointment.
Their efforts amounted to nought.
All throughout the year, we toiled and labored, only for our harvest to yield nought but a few wilted plants.
They walked away with nought but a broken spirit.
Their exams brought them nought but grief.
Their savings were reduced to nought by the scheme.
The trip yielded nought but frustration.
My stomach rumbled for food but my pockets held nought but lint.
The travelers found shelter but they had nought but the clothes on their backs.
His trusty sword failed him, and he returned from battle with nought but bruises.
We waited in anticipation but received nought but empty promises.
I have nought to give but my humblest thanks.
With nought but a dream and the clothes on their backs, they set forth on a new adventure.
Their training meant nought in the face of such opposition.
We toiled long and hard but brought forth nought but disappointment.
Nought but darkness and silence greeted them in the cavern.
He went through life doing nought but living for pleasure.
We searched high and low but found nought to ease our suffering.
Their investigation yielded nought but more questions.
Their words meant nought in the face of such cruelty.
The telescope revealed nought but distant pinpricks of light.
With nought but faith to guide them, they embarked on the journey.
The formula brought forth nought but a puff of smoke.
Their efforts amounted to nought against such powerful forces.
Our plan came to nought due to lack of foresight.
His inheritance amounted to nought but debts.
His boasting came to nought in the end.
Though she began with nought, she built an empire from nothing but her own ambition.
He arrived with nought but the clothes on his back.
Try though they might, their labors came to nought.
I came bearing nought but goodwill.
Her pleas fell upon deaf ears and came to nought.
The journey was for nought; the path had long been wiped from the maps.
Their perfect plan came to nought due to an unforeseen mistake.
Their search yielded nought but despair.
The captive's pockets held nought but lint and dust.
His idealism amounted to nought in the face of harsh reality.
With nought but the clothes on their backs, they set forth on a new path.
His threats meant nought in the face of her convictions.
The philosophers argued at length but accomplished nought.
Nought greeted him but the cold, empty void of space.
Their wealth amounted to nought in the face of such tragedy.
His promises added up to nought.
Nought awaits you but death and destruction.
His grand words came to nought in the end.
Her pleas fell upon deaf ears and came to nought.
Their words added up to nought in the end.
His arguments meant nought in the face of irrefutable evidence.
With nought but our wits and courage, we embarked on the perilous journey.
The scheme amounted to nought but empty promises and false hope.
The plan came to nought due to poor preparation.
My pockets held nought but lint and a worn handkerchief.
Their pleas came to nought in the face of harsh reality.
With nought but faith to guide him, he took the first step on his new path.
His threats meant nought before her convictions.
The experiment yielded nought but smoke.
His efforts amounted to nought due to lack of vision.
Their words meant nought in the face of such dire need.
Their cries fell upon deaf ears and amounted to nought.
The search yielded nought but dismay.

Common Phrases

Amount to nought - Mean to achieve nothing; be futile or useless.
Come to nought - Fail; end in failure or disappointment.
Add up to nought - Be worthless; lead to no useful result.
With nought but - Accompanied only by.
With nought - Having nothing; possessing no material wealth.
Yield nought - Produce nothing; give no result.
Mean nought - Carry no significance; have no importance.
His promises came to nought.- His promises proved useless and led to nothing.
Their efforts amounted to nought. - Their efforts served no useful purpose.
Nought awaits you but darkness.- You have nothing to look forward to but misery.