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Example sentences for "nothing short"

  • And now remember one thing, dear; if God should part us, as may be by nothing short of death, try to marry that little Ruth, when you cease to remember me.

  • And at the same time, all the rest would feel that such a thing had never happened, while old Sir Ensor was alive; and that it was caused by nothing short of gross mismanagement.

  • Nothing short of a Royal Commission could be warranty for it.

  • Nothing short of a long-continued, open, varied, and obtrusive dishonesty and profligacy of a male member could even dull its lustre.

  • Nothing short of the most austere morals could preserve the family 'scutcheon if he was contemplating one side.

  • Nothing short of revenge could satisfy him now.

  • Nothing short of love or hatred could satisfy her.

  • No, she must be broken completely, humiliated in the eyes of the world, humbled to the dust as he had been humbled; nothing short of that could satisfy him now.

  • It seemed as if nothing short of some great convulsion could shake so powerful a Government, and, though little apprehended, such a convulsion was near at hand.

  • Nothing short of extraordinary merit could have called for such a eulogy from so severe a critic.

  • Nothing short of a Divine influence can direct the passions of the soul to a proper use of their energies.

  • Meantime, be thou earnest to desire to know thy interest in the grace of God; for there is nothing short of the knowledge of that can make thee desire to depart, that thou mayest be with Christ.

  • Nothing short of this could protect it from the heresies and calumnies with which denominations, peoples, and governments have endeavored, and will, with increasing vigor, endeavor to assail it in future.

  • Nothing short of an indomitable determination can possibly achieve it.

  • My stand on immigration, abortion, and criminal justice would probably classify me as nothing short of an inhumane and prejudiced killer.

  • The inclusion of an idol in one's imaginings could result in nothing short of disappointment, and is therefore a cruel waste of time.

  • It would be nothing short of a lie to say that I actually remember my first years of life, having, as it was, little to do with life's crises except assuring myself of thoughtless comfort.

  • Enough, in fact, has been said to make it fully apparent that it is nothing short of impossible that there can have been any extensive correspondence between the two.

  • In default, therefore, of distinct historical evidence or definite documentary proof that at some earlier period than that it terminated abruptly, nothing short of the utter unfitness of the verses which at present conclude S.

  • And yet, by the hypothesis, nothing short of this would account for the reading of Codd.

  • To blot it out is nothing short, if I may so speak, of unravelling the web of University Teaching.

  • Nothing short of the fatal tendency I have to digression, and the watchful care I am bound to bestow against this fault, prevented me from narrating several incidents with which my own experience had made me acquainted.

  • Nothing short of a radical change in the action of the Government upon the subject can, in my opinion, remedy the evil.

  • Nothing short of the most gradual arrest could preserve his equilibrium, and as the easiest solution of the problem was not to stop at all, he forged ahead till the wind whistled on either side of his ears.

  • Oh, are you quite sure there 's nothing short of love that will do?

  • If allowed to stand stewing for long it is nothing short of a poison.

  • Leave your health to Nature, and it will be nothing short of a miracle if she does not make a mess of it.

  • The individual who thinks the world is going to be saved by eating brown bread or any other article of diet, regardless of the fact that what agrees with one may upset another, is nothing short of a nuisance.

  • The fact that these people should be allowed to carry on their trade in the way they do is nothing short of a standing disgrace to America and a satire upon civilisation.

  • That only one instance of such abnormal variation should occur is, theoretically, well nigh impossible; but that there should be three or four such cases in the course of a single twelvemonth is nothing short of miraculous.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nothing short" 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:
    beat thoroughly; bruise them; feet above the river; great pity; like lightning; like surface; nothing about; nothing against; nothing better; nothing doing; nothing else but the; nothing except; nothing for; nothing further; nothing had; nothing more; nothing much; nothing remains; nothing shall; nothing should; nothing will; nothing wrong; stood away; teaspoonful salt; washing soda; will offer