nonsense
Example Sentences
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When Thoreau spews nonsense, such as men, “like the earth, revolve mainly from west to east, and so are flattened at the poles,” let’s call the silliness by its real name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
This seems like an awful lot of fuss and nonsense over a lost $100 in your case.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of the movie’s imagined world,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
This was nonsense, and Graham knew it; oil played little role in anything concerning Syria at the time.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
“They’re gonna think it anyway. If you can get something from this, forget the nonsense and go for it.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing nonsense
"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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