come to nothing
Example Sentences
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They both told how they had left for the capital in search of work but their hopes of finding opportunities there had come to nothing.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
While prospectors have long proposed mining the ocean floor, much like oil companies drill offshore, such efforts have come to nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
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 • Oct. 6, 2023
"If they don't, all those years of promises of a zero-emission future, clean air and energy independence will have come to nothing," he added.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2022
Napoleon produced no schemes of his own, but said quietly that Snowball’s would come to nothing, and seemed to be biding his time.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
