Sentence examples for nothing of and from inspiring English sources

Like Aylan Kurdi, whose little body washed up on a Turkish beach, Ali was the victim of a political crisis he knew nothing of, and never would.

This is a device of emphasis by pretending to omit (the old "to say nothing of" and "not to mention" trick).

"I was totally taken aback by this thing," he said, "which I did not expect at all, which even yesterday I knew nothing of, and which did not take place".

"Apparently there was a fire in a building that I knew nothing of, and an officer grabbed me, literally grabbed my arm," Richards said Thursday.

I knew nothing of Playstations and X-boxes and Wiis; I avoided them.

Those pious ones wanted to know nothing of sword and struggle, uprising and rebellion.

And later: "The clown knew nothing of planning, and snagged on a nail ripped his pants.

Newspapers and broadcasts--to say nothing of Facebook and Twitter--hummed with the news.

He takes money from the NRA and tobacco companies, to say nothing of Enron and Arthur Andersen.

To say nothing of Dickens and Shakespeare.

He asks nothing of anyone and gives nothing in return.