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"was nothing but" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an amount or quantity, to emphasize that something is only a certain limited thing. For example, "The noise coming from the house was nothing but a low humming."
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was nothing but
pronoun
Not any thing; no thing.
Exact(58)
There was nothing but fear".
"Christmas shopping today was nothing but fail.
Mr. Valenti was nothing but blunt.
There was nothing but positive response.
There was nothing but news on.
Some days, there was nothing but fluid.
The sea was nothing but shadow.
Ivanovic was nothing but energized.
Brown was nothing but graceful.
The trial was nothing but a farce.
Now there was nothing but the river.
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