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Example sentences for "hear nothing"

  • Here, again, we hear nothing of the conquest, nor of the means by which the powerful Roman colony of Lincoln fell into the hands of the English.

  • We hear nothing of the state of the town, or of any suspicion existing at the time as to the governor Flavy who was afterwards believed by some to be the man who sold and betrayed her.

  • Now we hear much of the Father and the Son, but we hear nothing of the Mother in the ordinary religions of the day.

  • When the Children of Israel go down into Egypt we are told that the wives of Jacob's sons were taken too, but we hear nothing of Jacob's wives or concubines, until the death and burial of Leah is incidentally mentioned.

  • The father-in-law usually gets the young husband completely under his thumb, and we hear nothing of the dreaded mother-in-law of the nineteenth century.

  • May be, says she, the cat may be got there: but I hear nothing.

  • From that time we hear nothing more of them.

  • I hear nothing yet of my Lord, whether he be gone for the Queen from the Downes or no; but I believe he is, and that he is now upon coming back again.

  • Thence I to White Hall, and there walked up and down the house a while, and do hear nothing of any thing done further in this business of the change of Privy-counsellors: only I hear that Sir G.

  • He chose Martin de Azpilcueta and Alonso Delgado and also Doctors Santander and Morales, though of these latter we hear nothing subsequently.

  • I hear nothing of your cards now; do you never play?

  • Raymond, of which I hear nothing, and it is now too late.

  • No, I hope Manley will keep his place; for I hear nothing of Sir Thomas Frankland's losing his.

  • I hear nothing of Lord Mountjoy's coming for Ireland.

  • After this appointment we hear nothing more of Lestines, which he probably resigned.

  • In these quiet pursuits he passed twelve years, years of which we hear nothing, probably because there was nothing to tell.

  • The town then became a praefectura, probably with the civitas sine suffragio, and later a colony, but we hear nothing important of it.

  • During these last months of his bachelorhood, Hawthorne appears to us somewhat in the light of a hibernating bear; for we hear nothing of him at that season at all.

  • Hawthorne must have met them, but we hear nothing of them from him.

  • We hear nothing of the Norman archers yet in the chronicler's story of the fight.

  • We hear nothing of him while the fight went on, only that he ran away.

  • We hear nothing of what Raoul thought of such a pleasant ending to the troubles after he had shown such zeal himself in pursuing and harassing the Duke's enemy.

  • We may safely assume that his fiery activity continued unabated, though we hear nothing of him until 1242, when we again find him in Milan so vigorously at work that he is said to have caused a sedition which nearly ruined the city.

  • It is somewhat remarkable that we hear nothing specifically of the Cathari in Aragon proper.

  • Every now and then I stopped a second amongst the thick leaves and listened, but my breath come so hard I couldn't hear nothing else.

  • Upwards of three of these months elapse and I hear nothing more of the fair recluse, and during that long interval many strange and unexpected events transpire as to the 'Ever-faithful Isle.

  • We hear nothing as yet but the rustling of gigantic ferns, bamboos, and plantain leaves, together with the occasional song of the winged tribe, whose united harmony it is our purpose soon to interrupt.

  • For some weeks I hear nothing of her whereabouts, but at last one of Don Severiano's black mule-drivers halts before my door.

  • Apart from Apelles, who founded a Church of his own, we hear nothing of the controversies of disciples breaking up the Marcionite church.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hear nothing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    explore the; hear about; hear from you again; hear him; hear mass; hear them; hear what you have; heard afterwards; heard before; heard footsteps; heard nothing; heard something; heard that; heard voices; hearing the; heart failure; heart hath; heart seemed; heart shall; heart would; hearted fellow; hearted girl; heartily sorry; hearty shake; mail order; support their