for nothing
Example Sentences
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“She has inspired millions. All for nothing now,” Ms. Gammon laments, though she finds something fearfully inevitable in the tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
There’s a Swiss company, for example, that sells “virtual medbeds”—$2,500 for nothing but the vague promise of DNA reprogramming.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
He wrote: "We are living in our own home, on our own land, and we are asking for nothing more than the right to live safely and with dignity."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Broad Peak, I ask for nothing but safe passage up and back down," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“They don’t call Churchill the Polar Bear Capital of the World for nothing, folks!”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
