Sentence examples for no one instead from inspiring English sources

He said he admired her for moving to Boston, where she knew no one, instead of remaining in Michigan, where she'd grown up and gone to college.

The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage counsels, "construe [none] as a plural unless it is desired to emphasize the idea of not one or no one - and then it is often better to use not one or no one instead of none".

However, the machine lacks a built-in keyboard, offering an on-screen one instead.

One can say "one" instead, but one ends up sounding like a member of the royal family.

Hundreds of people were nearby, but no one intervened; instead, a bystander captured the incident on their cell phone.

If you can't get a hold of one, put up a silver or blue one instead.

No more "remaining orders" that no one understands: instead a clear, concise set of rules that explain what MPs are debating.

The city does not sponsor the event and there is no one organizer; instead, it is a weekend of rolling performances in private venues that make events difficult to control.

This is the best type of gentrification -- the kind that pushes out no one, but instead creates something useful and, I think, attractive, from what has long been nothing more than asphalt and rubble.

And then she chooses, rightfully, to avoid the awkward consequences of translating personne as "no one" (using, instead, "none of us") because it permits her to use the plural possessive pronoun ("our"), rather than having to choose a singular pronoun of one sex or the other.

It's a terrific implementation of a combat/hunt system that could easily be so complex that it satisfies no one – and instead it comes off as a system that will truly appeal to just about any kind of gamer.