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Examples of nobody in a Sentence
Pronoun
Nobody could answer my question.
I guess I'll have to volunteer because it's clear nobody else will.
Noun
He was a nobody in high school.
tired of feeling like a nobody, she decided to launch her own business
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the entire concept of stardom was being cheapened by nobodies from TikTok and reality TV.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 May 2024
People who have been nobodies all their lives will become household names overnight.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Kelce needn’t demonstrate expertise, and neither does the panel of celebrity-class obscurities: Nicole Byer, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ron Funches, Lala Kent, and Sophia Stallone, who each recall schoolroom nobodies.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the entire concept of stardom was being cheapened by nobodies from TikTok and reality TV.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 May 2024
People who have been nobodies all their lives will become household names overnight.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Nobody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nobody. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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nobody
1 of 2 pronoun
no·body
ˈnō-bəd-ē 
-ˌbäd-ē
: no person : not anybody
nobody lives in that house
nobody
2 of 2 noun
plural nobodies
: a person of no importance
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