NOUGHT in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for NOUGHT, such as:
1. 'Tis nought but a vale of woe.
2. Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
3. Put one nought after a seven to make seventy.
4. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.
5. Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.
2. Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
3. Put one nought after a seven to make seventy.
4. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.
5. Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.
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Meanings and Examples of NOUGHT
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nought
n. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Classic Sentence:
1 My master," replied Gurth, "will take nought from the Templar save his life's-blood.
2 But come, fill a flagon, for it will crave some time to tune the harp; and nought pitches the voice and sharpens the ear like a cup of wine.
3 Men say thou dost love wine, and a lady's smile, better than beseems thy Order, Sir Priest; but with that I have nought to do.
4 He now crept on hands and feet through a butcher's shop; at least on every side, and above and below, there was nought but flesh.
5 Our bird when he found the cage open would not fly, so all our subtle arrangements were for nought.
6 'Tis nought but a vale of woe.
7 Appius rejoined, that the people should not set at nought that right of appeal which they themselves had insisted on with so much zeal.
Example Sentence:
1 Houses are graded from nought to ten for energy efficiency.
2 Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.
3 Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
4 Put one nought after a seven to make seventy.