naught

Example Sentences

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Otherwise, all of the dinosaur danger is for naught.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

He was naught to know that the Palisades and Eaton fires would go on to burn more than double the urban acreage that Woolsey had.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

And will it be all for naught if they later attend different high schools?

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

In Michigan those have come to naught, as Kennedy recently gained ballot access after being nominated by the tiny Natural Law Party.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2024

Only fifty seemed to have turned up, not the eighty Toregg promised Leathers, but Tormund was not called Tall-Talker for naught.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin