Nary is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Nary meaning
Not, never.
Synonyms of Nary
Using Nary
- The main meaning on this page is: Not, never.
- Useful related words include: no.
- In the example corpus, nary often appears in combinations such as: with nary, nary an, nary peep.
Context around Nary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nary
- In this selection, "nary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, bestirred, bill and anyone stand out and add context to how "nary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and with nary anyone else and announcements bestirred nary a peep. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nary" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nary a word ever for cutting costs. (7 words)
There’s nary any playfulness or rear tail-happiness, which is a shame in a sense. (16 words)
Going past the skyscraper again, all these years later and with nary anyone else around, I reflected and paused. (19 words)
For a while, it felt as though we may have become a bit trigger-happy, and nary a rogue helium-filled balloon escaped from a child’s birthday party was safe in our airspace. (34 words)
With nary a breath of variation in their script, Utah Republicans have condemned the Trump hush-money verdict as a massive conspiracy by Democrats to destroy everything lovely, true, patriotic and right about America. (34 words)
Outgoing Director of University Health Services Tom Nary and his successor, Douglas Comeau, told they do not currently know which University or off-campus facilities will be used for quarantine and isolation housing. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
As evidenced by Mortal Kombat‘s recent 30th anniversary, important milestones in the gaming industry usually come and go with nary a peep.
For a while, it felt as though we may have become a bit trigger-happy, and nary a rogue helium-filled balloon escaped from a child’s birthday party was safe in our airspace.
Going past the skyscraper again, all these years later and with nary anyone else around, I reflected and paused.
If I ever spoke about it at work, it would get nary a flicker of response, even from gamer colleagues.
There’s nary any playfulness or rear tail-happiness, which is a shame in a sense.
Those announcements bestirred nary a peep from the White House despite the fact that they portend a larger, longer war.
Bill Nary, an attorney for the city of Meridian, told the Statesman by phone that the city would let the matter play out in court.
Now, there's nary a peep—a sign of just how inured Americans have become to the whims of corporations trying to squeeze their customers.
The dye concoction, which he skillfully brushed on the roots, had nary a trace of ammonia’s pungent scent.
These days, however, although nary a rocket has found its way anywhere near the city, and it is completely safe to walk its streets, Nazareth is almost totally empty of tourists.
What remains largely unacknowledged is that these hilltop thugs have been attacking Palestinian villages for years with nary an effort undertaken to quell their activities.
With nary a breath of variation in their script, Utah Republicans have condemned the Trump hush-money verdict as a massive conspiracy by Democrats to destroy everything lovely, true, patriotic and right about America.
But since he was speaking in spurts of 15 to 30 seconds, with nary a chance to go beyond 120 seconds in a row, he was denied the chance to blunder.
In fact, there is nary a species where the cycle of life doesn’t include territorial disputes that are resolved by force — or its threatened use.
Outgoing Director of University Health Services Tom Nary and his successor, Douglas Comeau, told they do not currently know which University or off-campus facilities will be used for quarantine and isolation housing.
The best I can manage is a low level of cunning, a penchant for pissing people off, and nary a cooperative bone in my body.
We said nary a harsh word to any of the guests who were coming in to hear Mr. Goldberg; however, several of them said unkind things to US on the way out.
In general, however, it’s actually surprising how straight the movie plays these kills, with nary an arched eyebrow or moment of ironic distance to be found.
Nary a word ever for cutting costs.
Nary is currently researching ways to expand independent living for disabled people, and teaches others about disability in order to lessen the stigma.
Common combinations with nary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with nary 11×
- nary an 4×
- nary peep 3×
- there nary 3×
- and nary 2×
- there's nary 2×