nix
Frequently Asked Questions
- My mom nixed my plans of staying up late to watch a horror movie.
- The board nixed the policy proposal without even taking any comments on it.
- At first, we were going to paint it, but we decided to nix that idea.
Example Sentences
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Conscience said obey Monsieur, but heart said nixy!
From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch
One day she says she will; the same evenin' she says nixy.
From The Four Million by Henry, O.
"I think the nixy was a mean, wicked thing," said a young girl, almost a child, called Brigitte, with soft, dark eyes, and a sweet expression on her face.
From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret
The nixy maidens readily complied: was not singing their most natural mode of expressing themselves?
From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret
But because she was not human, he did not think of marrying her, but became engaged to a village maiden who was good and sweet, if not so beautiful as the nixy.
From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret
Vocabulary lists containing nix
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