How to Use nil in a Sentence

nil

noun

• They took a 2 to nil lead in the second half of the game.
• The damping gets hard, the road feel gets thrashy, the body roll goes from nil to none.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 July 2017
• Even if that service dumped him, the chance he would be silenced is nil.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• The shots that ring out are jarring and harsh, the dramatic impact nil.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
• Tonight: Clouds are likely to scatter across the area overnight but shower chances are nil.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2020
• There is next to no ranger presence, and, as in Baxter, cell service is nil.
  — Brian Kevin, Outside Online, 18 June 2020
• The availability of his work on video or online has been close to nil.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Shower chances are almost nil with the best chance on Monday as cooler air tries to sneak in from the north.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
• The deterrent effect of this penalty will be close to nil.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• With high pressure building in overhead, storm odds are quite low to nil.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
• And if you get lost or badly injured, the cell phone service is pretty much nil.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 June 2020
• Import value is nil, though the pic may find a few supporters on the fest circuit.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
• There’s no shortage of eager young people willing to work for nil.
  — Carolyn Webber, Outside Online, 16 June 2020
• Tomorrow night: Clouds scatter through the area, but shower chances are nil.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
• As for the extraordinary step of moving the Nov. 3 election, the chances are almost nil.
  — Calvin Woodward, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
• The ability to have access to students and tryouts was almost nil in terms of like what’s available. ...
  — Joseph Walljasper, Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
• The ability to have access to students and tryouts was almost nil in terms of what’s available. ...
  — Joseph Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2020
• Atlanta United drew nil-nil in Seattle, then 2-all in Toronto.
  — Mark Bradley, ajc, 11 Apr. 2017
• Less than two minutes later Forestell used some fancy footwork to weave through the defense and score her first of two goals to put Mobile ahead four-nil.
  — Mobile Athletics, AL.com, 4 Nov. 2017
• Even with fan choices leavened by media votes, Murray’s chances at a starting nod are nil.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2022
• The pressure can be alleviated with steroids, for now, and the tumor can be excised, but her chance of survival is nil.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 22 Apr. 2021
• The water temperature was 76 degrees and the current was nil.
  — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• A gentleman came to Nantucket With nil but a shovel and bucket ...
  — Alan Solomon, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
• On top of all that, the app offers over 1,300 on-demand classes, so your chances of getting stuck in a yoga rut are virtually nil.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Jan. 2022
• One-nil, as the soccer folks say, just eight minutes into a match with a National Women’s Soccer League title-game berth on the line.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
• Oregonians no longer have to pay postage to mail their ballots and the coronavirus risk of walking to one’s own mailbox to set out a ballot is nil.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
• Notice, first of all, that the larger public’s stake in this is nil, even if the misery of rail workers can be exaggerated.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
• Aside from that, though, side-effects are virtually nil.
  — Taylore Glynn, Allure, 28 June 2022
• Forget scrolling away idle hours on your phone; cell service is essentially nil.
  — Sara B. Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2020
• Zero-zero, or nil-nil, as soccer aficionados like to say.
  — Nick Hoppe, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2018

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024