bring to naught
Example Sentences
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He has a cunningly devised plan, but which my superior cunning shall bring to naught!
From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel
Lords, for God's sake, let us not bring to naught the great honour that God has given us.
From Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Villehardouin, Geoffroi de
But here at least, by dint of thought, I feel that I can bring to naught The rise in H2O.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Such was the equipment of the four boats which were destined to bring to naught all the navies and armies of Britain.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Did I not long ago Adjure you to return unto the court And bring to naught the plotting of my foes!—
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
