Sentence examples similar to or naught from inspiring English sources

The use of "aught" to mean "nothing," "zero," or "cipher" is a nineteenth-century corruption of the word "naught," which actually does mean nothing, and which, as in the phrase "all for naught," is still in current usage.

But for all the switchback plotting, the sudden revelations that bring some earlier plot or plotline to naught, the show never feels too obviously manipulative or out of control.

Don't want to naught or forsake, don't want to be laid gently or racked raw.

The fears of Mann, Adorno, and other émigrés came to naught — or so it seemed.

Although the discussions may come to naught, or prove a mere ploy in the media giant's separate negotiations with Google, the news caused a stir.

It may all come to naught; or it may signal the dawn of a new age of austerity, similar to the era of tax increases and entitlement cuts that prevailed from 1982 to 1997.America's budget deficit in the fiscal year that ended on September 30th stood at $1.3 trillion; at 9% of GDP, the second-largest since the second world war.

So: when in doubt do naught, or even nowt, abstain.

Sometimes it will feel as if all your efforts have come to naught, or that things are stagnating.

If you push him into canter when he's not ready, it's likely he'll get upset and frustrated, and start to be naught or dangerous.

So that $50,000 that was suppose to have imparted her with much knowledge and gotten her one-quarter toward her college degree is for naught -- or is it?

It's not incredibly heavy or large, and charges the Boosted Board from naught to full juice in one hour, or 85percentt in 30 minutes.