nisi
Example Sentences
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And that's only the beginning of what the nil nisi bonum faithful evaded.
From Salon ● May 8, 2021
And it replaces the terms "decree nisi" and "decree absolute" with "conditional order" and "final order".
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2020
Again, de mortuis nil nisi bonum, but let's not forget that the legend of JFK is largely that -- a legend.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2015
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum: Of the dead say nothing unless it is kind.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2012
The experience of true, passionate love that had been snatched away from me just when it had been in my grasp— Nil satis nisi optimum, interrupted my father’s voice, booming inside my head.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
