nisi

Example Sentences

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A decree nisi was due to be granted in March 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

And that's only the beginning of what the nil nisi bonum faithful evaded.

From Salon • May 8, 2021

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum is a lovely motto.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018

De mortuis nil nisi bonum, and all that, but you who don't remember JFK's presidency should recognize that he became a legend only after he was killed.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2015

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