nay

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday the House and Senate passed the Epstein files bill with only one nay vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

It’s not easy, but it’s possible — nay, necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

I mean, college was stressful, sometimes depressing and often a bit of a slog, but it was also the only time of my life when I was encouraged, nay mandated, to be a philosopher.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2024

On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

But Saruman said nay, and repeated what he had said to us before: that the One would never again be found in Middle-earth.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien