Synonyms
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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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Those names hardly belong to nobodies, as Ruth Wisse pointed out in a review for Commentary.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Nov. 2023
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Noun
People who have been nobodies all their lives will become household names overnight.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Those names hardly belong to nobodies, as Ruth Wisse pointed out in a review for Commentary.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for nobody
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“Nobody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nobody. Accessed 1 Jun. 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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