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How to use nor in a sentence

40 example sentences · conjunction

Nor means and... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). Example: “Nor did I stop to think, but ran.”

Examples of nor by meaning

conjunctionAnd... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).

  • Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
  • They are happy, nor need we worry.

conjunctionA function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.

  • I am neither hungry nor thirsty.
  • Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do.2025 June 19, Rami Kaminski, ““Otroverts” and why nonconformists often see what others can’t”, in Big Think

conjunctionUsed to introduce a further negative statement.

  • The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
  • I hardly spoke with nor listened to anybody else.
  • She had no way of knowing, nor did we, that he’d done it.

conjunctionThan.

  • He's no better nor you.
  • Sooner you nor me.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 92

More sentences with nor

  • An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.From the entry time
  • Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.From the entry chair
  • To reduce cancer risk, it is best that you neither chew nor smoke.From the entry chew
  • As far as only the Quran itself is concerned, wearing a headscarf is neither required nor prohibited.From the entry headscarf
  • An inalienable right is a right that cannot be given away nor taken away.From the entry inalienable
  • I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.From the entry nightmare
  • Technically, a guinea pig is not a pig, nor is it from Guinea.From the entry technically
  • He retired last June, and his coworkers have seen neither hide nor hair of him since.From the entry hide nor hair
  • His insincerity was obvious to all; he was neither honest nor believable.From the entry insincerity
  • The temperature outside was quite seasonable, neither warmer nor colder than I had expected.From the entry seasonable
  • José's got a car, hasn't he? Neither you nor I have.From the entry have got
  • Grand juries are conducted ex parte; neither the suspect nor his attorney may attend.From the entry ex parte
  • You can't get a cab after midnight for love nor money.From the entry for love or money
  • Many economic models have superneutral money, with neither inflation nor change in inflation affecting non-monetary variables.From the entry superneutral
  • Neither Jay nor his sister have been seen for some time.From the entry for some time
  • Neither can she stop him, nor can he stop her.From the entry neither
  • Neither now, nor ever will he forsake his mother.From the entry neither
  • His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.From the entry ambiguity
  • The right to free speech is well established as not being an unqualified right to violent incitement nor to free amplification.From the entry unqualified
  • They explained patiently but firmly that he wasn't to play with his ding-a-ling nor try to show it to anyone.From the entry ding-a-ling
  • They're not trying to keep you well informed, nor to balance both sides — they're flooding the zone.From the entry flood the zone
  • Where is that lad? He's neither use nor ornament!From the entry neither use nor ornament
  • Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers.From the entry political
  • The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.From the entry neither here nor there
  • Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first leader to fight for a further identity of the Dalits, holding that they were neither Hindus nor Muslims.From the entry Dalit
  • T'sat-nav's tellin uz to turn reight in a bit, an Aw'd liefer harken to summat Aw've paid for nor thy yammerin on i mi lughoils!From the entry reight
  • Just because he didn't accept your friend request (it) doesn't mean he has forgotten you nor does it imply that he no longer wants to be friends with you.From the entry just because
  • Trumpism has evolved completely into Muskism, and it needs neither Trump nor Musk to wreak its havoc.2025 April 2, Charlie Pierce, “What Happens to Elon Musk and Muskism Now?”, in Esquire. From the entry Muskism
  • In fairness he doesn't kick off, nor does the guard treat him like some common criminal.2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 57. From the entry kick off
  • Neither the Allies nor the Axis felt the need to destroy the city during World War II.2024 July 10, Jaroslav Kalfar, “Read Your Way Through Prague”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry Holy Roman Emperor
  • No deals with Hamas will be trusted but nor is there a certain route to eliminate Hamas.2023 October 14, Lawrence Freedman, “No end in sight”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry modus vivendi

Meaning of nor

  1. conjunction And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
  2. conjunction A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
  3. conjunction Neither.

Full definition of nor

Questions about nor in a sentence

How do you use nor in a sentence?
Nor is used as a conjunction. For example: “Nor did I stop to think, but ran.”
What is a short sentence with nor?
“Sooner you nor me.”
What does nor mean?
Nor means and... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nor (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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