come to nothing

Example Sentences

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In December, the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, agreed to form a joint committee to oversee its administration - an agreement which has so far come to nothing.

From BBC

Dogged US efforts to prevent the crisis from escalating, involving presidential visits, countless diplomatic missions and the deployment of vast military resources, have all come to nothing.

From BBC

This is true even if the federal probes come to nothing.

From Slate

But in Jack Serio’s staging in a Manhattan loft, Marin Ireland’s Sonya and Will Brill’s Astrov touched off the audience’s hopes, too, even if we knew they’d come to nothing.

From New York Times

We’ve seen so many companies, not just Sam’s, that were hailed as potentially the future of finance or art or the internet—and they’ve all come to nothing.

From Slate