But when the nurse from London came, and, after renewed search and inquiry, nothing was heard of them, their disappearance could no longer be kept from lady Ann.
Nothing was heard of them, and the inquiry, never prosecuted with any vigour, was by degrees dropped entirely.
It was plain to her almost from the first that nothing was gained by it beyond the silence of fatigue; and as that silence was always fruitful of new strife, it brought a comfort known to be but temporary.
So I drew my chair over the fallen leaf that lay unnoticed on the carpet, and talked and laughed with Hammond Brake gayly, as if nothing was on my mind, while all the time a great load of suspicion lay heavily at my heart.
Cloudy as was the atmosphere, and curtained as my bed was, nothing was visible.
Nothing was to be said of the lady's decease; and, as it was well understood that Mr. Wyatt had engaged passage for his wife, it became necessary that some person should personate her during the voyage.
A month later, nothing was left of Colonel Bridau's immense fortune but his house and furniture, his estates, and the pictures which had come from Issoudun.
Nothing was known at Issoudun of these proceedings, which were secretly and cleverly carried out.
This astounding event made the sensation on which Max counted; so that when they all returned at five o'clock, nothing was talked of in every household but the cordial understanding between Max and Flore and the nephew of old Rouget.
In 1802, therefore, nothing was likely to reproach Flore Brazier, unless it might be her conscience; and conscience was sure to be weaker than self-interest in the ward of Uncle Brazier.
Nothing was to be seen but the shining of the river, and the dark shadows of the trees; nothing was to be heard but the hum of the insects, as they darted through the night.
But the moon shone brightly on every tree, and nothing was to be seen but his own shadow; nothing was to be heard but the sound of the rippling stream.
As for her uncle, nothing wasat first said to him on the subject.
Nothing was heard of Roswell and his companions, nor could anything have been heard of them short of the intervention of a miracle.
To her intellect, nothing was clearer, no moral truth more vivid, no physical fact more certain, than the incarnation of the Son of God.
Nothing was left of this Jackson but the foul lees and dregs of a man; he was thin as a shadow; nothing but skin and bones; and sometimes used to complain, that it hurt him to sit on the hard chests.
From just before Candlemas-day to Easter of this year, nothing was heard of but balls and pleasures of the Court.
Nothing was comparable to the attachment she had for her father, or the tenderness he had for her; nothing more perfectly alike than their hearts and their dispositions.
Nothing was ever so magnificent as these soirees of Trianon.
Nothing was so wholesome and invigorating as this bivouac in the forest.
Nothing was wanting to give dignity to the spectacle.
He has left little behind him; and of that little, nothing waspublished by himself but the Toxophilus, and the account of Germany.
Nothing was talked of among the mercantile or adventurous part of mankind, but the beauty and riches of the new world.
The arrangements in the kitchen were excellent, and in a word, nothing was lacking in the way of comfort.
In vain his father sought to calm his savage temper; and restrain his vagabond spirit; nothing was of, any use.
All night the same things went on; nothing was to be heard but preaching, singing, praying, and prophesying.
Nothing was superior to their insolence, nothing on a level with their greed.
Neither monument, nor poem, nor page of history in his honour; nothing was done in the way of commemorating his devotion.
Nothing was wanting to make my impressions of Quebec perfect, but a little more time to widen, deepen and strengthen the friendships made; alas!
Nothing was done, however, towards the accomplishment of the threat.
Nothing was talked of but the edicts and the inquisition.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nothing was" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
