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
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 • Oct. 7, 2024
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 • Dec. 4, 2023
She was afraid of betraying her longing, in case it all should come to nothing.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
