How to use nil in a sentence

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• After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.From the entry credibility
• West Ham beat Manchester City five nil–they crucified them!From the entry crucify
• Patients suspected of having appendicitis should be kept nil by mouth, to prepare for surgery.2022, Rachel Varughese, Anna Mathew, editor, Clinical Guide to Paediatrics, Wiley, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry nil by mouth
• My expectations of public services were nil, so any time within a month was fine by me.2005, Bernard Hare, Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, London: Sceptre, →ISBN, page 168. From the entry mustard
• Indeed, a few dialects of Lisp make it an error to call car and cdr on nil.1997, Bob Glickstein, Writing GNU Emacs Extensions: Editor Customizations and Creations with Lisp (In a Nutshell Series), "O'Reilly Media…. From the entry lisps
• When they're tired and weary and warmth is nil, Goosedown Shooties reign king of the hill.1987, Climbing, Issues 103-105, numbers 103-105, B. Dunaway, page 68. From the entry shootie
• Sheets of water poured over the car, making visibility all but nil.1980 December 6, Nancy Walker, “Toodle-Oo, Doodle”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 12. From the entry assembly
• Under these conditions, the cultures contained only plurivacuolar adipocytes, with nil presence of fibroblasts (checked by microscope observation).2015 October 2, “Glycerol Production from Glucose and Fructose by 3T3-L1 Cells: A Mechanism of Adipocyte Defense from Excess Substrate”…. From the entry plurivacuolar
• The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page 20. From the entry lunchbox
• With total paralysis, the following regime is needed; intravenous nutrition (nil by mouth), eye toilets and protection, attention to pressure areas.1976, Carl Edmonds, Christopher Lowry, John Pennefather, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine, Diving Medical Centre, →ISBN, page 263. From the entry nil by mouth
• Of seventy-six that Collier's crew take down from the Mack, twenty-one are leaking at the seams; eleven have drained half to nil.2008, Steven Pressfield, chapter 10, in Killing Rommel […], New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry flimsy
• He pretends to be surprised at nothing, and to possess in perfection—poor, pitiable old fop—the art nil admirari; but repeatedly, I know, I have clear outskipped his fancy.1999, Henry James, Complete stories. From the entry outskip
• Nineteen patients who were nil per os (NPO) for 5 days before initiation of enteral feeding were enrolled in the study and treatment continued for 7 days.1998 June, DeMeo, M et al., “Beneficial effect of a bile acid resin binder on enteral feeding induced diarrhea.”, in The American Journal…. From the entry nil per os
• This octavation will be qualified (and perhaps rendered nil) if on a day when Uranus is well aspected its octave Mercury should be adversely aspected, or vice versa.1947, George Llewellyn, Improved Perpetual Planetary Hour Book (rev. ed.), page 170. From the entry octavation

Meaning of nil

1. noun Nothing; zero.
2. noun A score of zero.
3. determiner No, not any.

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Questions about nil in a sentence

How do you use nil in a sentence?

Nil is used as a noun and determiner. For example: “The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.”

What is a short sentence with nil?

“For my part, I should suppose it nil.”

What does nil mean?

Nil means nothing; zero.