nought
Example Sentences
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Root said he did not feel like he needed to bat in Canberra, despite falling to Mitchell Starc for scores of nought and eight in Perth.
From BBC
On nought not out at the end of the second day of the third Test against Pakistan at The Oval, Cook was convinced he was playing his last Test innings before being dropped.
From BBC
He had Lions captain Tom Haines miscue to mid-on with the fifth ball he bowled then Bethell, who spent 15 balls on nought, pulled to square leg.
From BBC
Vaughan made scores of 33 and nought, with no real hint of the glut of runs to come.
From BBC
“Who or what was I, any longer? My life, the life of London . . . of home and work . . . all that had somehow been set at nought, in the space of little more than a day.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
