Sentence examples for up for nothing from inspiring English sources

He was worked up for nothing.

Why get beat up for nothing?

A small thing like this, you blow up for nothing.

"He used to beat me up for nothing.

Deacon, who Wigan picked up for nothing from Bradford.

"We didn't want to get his hopes up for nothing," she said.

She borrowed costumes from Madame Tussaud's; a local hairdresser did the hair and make-up for nothing; the gas board and fire brigade had floats; and stallholders in Portobello market donated horses and carts.

"You don't mind standing up and being counted, you don't mind putting your head above the parapet, but if it ends up being for nothing then I think that's the hardest thing of all," she said.

Have I given up steak for nothing?

Ask the doctor: Have I given up steak for nothing?

Still, great powers do not give up something for nothing.