NOBODY in a Sentence

Learn NOBODY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
276 example sentences for NOBODY, such as:
1. For a few seconds nobody said anything.
2. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
3. It's an ill wind that brings nobody good.
4. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
5. Who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of NOBODY
nobody
 n.  a person of no influence
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Then I walked down to my cab and found that there was nobody about, and that the night was still very wild.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  Nobody stole, nobody grumbled over his rations, the quarrelling and biting and jealousy which had been normal features of life in the old days had almost disappeared.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  But the superior quality of Napoleon's mind, said Squealer, was shown in the fact that he trusted nobody, not even Frederick.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
4  There is no other door, and nobody goes in or out of that one but, once in a great while, the gentleman of my adventure.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
5  We've had nothing else this week back; nothing but papers, and a closed door, and the very meals left there to be smuggled in when nobody was looking.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
6  Here I am, Mrs. Gradgrind, anyhow, and nobody to thank for my being here, but myself.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
7  I pulled through it, though nobody threw me out a rope.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
8  So, she once more died away, and nobody minded her.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
9  Where the one began, and the other ended, nobody could have told with any precision.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
10  Nobody understands him as I do; nobody knows him as I do.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX
11  I walked nine mile to the station this morning, and if I find nobody on the road to give me a lift, I shall walk the nine mile back to-night.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII
12  It's an ill wind that brings nobody good.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  I want nobody to trespass in it, said Clifford.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
14  The tableau vivant remained set among the squashed bluebells, nobody proffering a word.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
15  I needn't tell you that nobody here suspects anything, so your return would be quite normal.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  For a few seconds nobody said anything.
2  It seemed that nobody knew anything about the matter.
3  There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served.
4  If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will know you.
5  Who serves everybody gets thanks from nobody.
6  He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.
7  It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
8  Don't worry about him, he's just a pint-sized nobody.
9  They are so unlike nobody would believe they were sisters.
10  Everybody's business is nobody's business.
11  There's a fair chance that nobody will come to the talk.
12  It is particularly worrying that nobody seems to be in charge.
13  It was so cold that nobody can make his hands naked.
14  The whole conference was totally disorganized - nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing.
15  Satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.