nisi

Example Sentences

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A decree nisi was due to be granted in March 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

And that's only the beginning of what the nil nisi bonum faithful evaded.

From Salon • May 8, 2021

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum is a lovely motto.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018

De mortuis nil nisi bonum, and all that, but you who don't remember JFK's presidency should recognize that he became a legend only after he was killed.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2015

‘Animum rege, qui nisi paret, imperat,” quoth the poet Horace.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson