nothings

Example Sentences

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Senior Chinese diplomats are reportedly whispering sweet nothings in Indian ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

How can these insignificant nothings pass judgment on me, the greatest person who's ever lived, the world's leading expert on everything?

From Salon • May 28, 2024

In the song he asks, “Do you wanna be my girlfriend?” which he says is among the sweet nothings he often whispers to Adrienne.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2024

That meant I hadn’t hit ’em hard enough to break no fly bones or nothings but I had hit ’em so’s they were gonna be a little dumbstruck.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis