Examples of 'was for nothing' in a sentence
Meaning of "was for nothing"
The phrase 'was for nothing' expresses a sense of disappointment, frustration, or dissatisfaction with the outcome or result of a particular effort, action, or experience. It suggests that the time, energy, or resources invested in something have not yielded any meaningful or desirable outcome. For example, 'I studied so hard for the exam, but it was for nothing because I failed.' It conveys a sense of wasted or futile efforts
How to use "was for nothing" in a sentence
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was for nothing
All that fuss was for nothing.
It was for nothing other than our own amusement.
But all the work was for nothing.
And it was for nothing worse than being a passenger in a stolen car.
All this extra practice was for nothing.
This was for nothing.
I guess all your trouble was for nothing.
But it was for nothing.
The shark or whale or whatever it was for nothing.
The trip was for nothing.
And it would be as if everything we would done so far was for nothing.
So all this was for nothing.
Let your dying thought be that your sacrifice was for nothing.
All my work was for nothing.
Matilda not being his child means his changed attitude was for nothing.
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Then all this was for nothing.
It would be pretty harsh if it turned out that her work was for nothing.
All that work was for nothing.
You have finally caught on to the fact that all your scheming was for nothing.
Maybe all this was for nothing.
However, this was for nothing really as it just got worse from there.
But all the effort was for nothing.
And everything was for nothing because they have not found anyone.
Then all the snooping was for nothing.
So it was for nothing.
We have to stop this or today was for nothing.
The war was for nothing.
And then your secret meeting was for nothing.
I guees it was for nothing then.
Any benefit from the dismissal was for nothing.
Like it was for nothing.
Looks like our trip up here was for nothing.
And it was for nothing.
Everything we went through was for nothing.
It was for nothing. All of it was for nothing.
It meant that his strategy was for nothing.
The ritual was for nothing.
Look me in the eye and tell me all of it was for nothing.
All of it was for nothing.
I would not be mad that all my work was for nothing.
Your hard work was for nothing.
If this little show you are putting on gets us all killed, this was for nothing.
They said it was for nothing.
Tell your parents that all that money they just spent was for nothing.
What you did was for nothing.
Was to spare them the pain of knowing that all that was for nothing.
All of this was for nothing.
That the bomb had not gone off and all this was for nothing.
The torture was for nothing.
Herod will never know that the slaughter in Bethlehem was for nothing.
