nope

Example Sentences

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He tapped each item, saying, “Nope, nope, nope, nope.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Ole Miss said nope and promoted defensive coordinator Keith Golding to the head coach job; Kiffin publicly expressed his disappointment that the school rejected his request.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

In its post, the company says it will let certain models of Claude nope out in “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.”

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

He found a Dan Williams in the nearby town of La Honda — but, nope, the screws weren’t his.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

Her father is thinking about taking a job in Dallas and she wouldn’t mind moving again, nope not one bit, because she’s heard kids in the South aren’t as stuck-up as they are here.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson