A "nullity" -- on his left, another member nearly as old, but with a glimmer of intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Pickwickian Studies] Reference
The nullity of the action of the magnet disclosed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887] Reference
Into nullity winds far to remove, vapoury clouds to bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
Everywhere was feverish excitement, dissipation, and nullity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Unfortunately I fear that what you see is what you get; a nullity. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The Conservative Party joined the G.O.P. in the cellar of nullity. From Wordnik.com. [The Right's Ideas Matter, Even in Mayoral Races] Reference
Even her memory of Conrig was dimmed to nullity by her dazed brain. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
So many words can only serve to disguise the nullity of your projects. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Perhaps the case of Wade was rather a decree of nullity than a divorce. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886] Reference
He does not override the constitution, and treat it as if it were a nullity. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
Coronal must have proclaimed its nullity as far as its red gold could be seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
In the personal realm, most of us have already had our powers reduced to a near nullity. From Wordnik.com. [One Market Under God, and Heaven Help Us All] Reference
The Professor should know, however, that all these statutes are, practically, a mere nullity. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
He did not see how SYPHER, who was a nullity, could be figured out to be a member of Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870] Reference
Grey did not have to nullity the deadly shield; it had been taken down, on orders of King Trent. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
But we must understand that Dave, behind his bland, buttery, airbrushed smoothness is a nullity. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Any statute which proposes to do this is a mere nullity; it takes away no right, it confers none. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
And that pleading, I'll be happy to file it in the clerk's office, but that pleading is a nullity. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2002] Reference
The South African government responded only to voters and ignored the interests of a political nullity. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 6] Reference
Then, watching the look of blank-eyed nullity grow into alarm on Claire's face, I knew it wasn't so simple. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
Examining the society around her, men and women: everywhere was feverish excitement, dissipation, and nullity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But -- perhaps we have the tyrant before us where I thought I perceived the nullity of the commander-in-chief. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
In 2001 interview with the London Guardian, Mr. Chabrol admitted that many of his movies were "a total nullity.". From Wordnik.com. [Claude Chabrol, critic and filmmaker, dies at 80] Reference
Another impediment is based on the presumption of want of consent, "the nullity being caused by a defect of consent.". From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.] Reference
In protesting against New England, the Vallandighams and Coxes are only proving the nullity of 'expunging resolutions.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
An ordinance of secession is simply a nullity, because it encounters the Constitution which is the supreme law of the land. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
But some sort of admission which she made before him was interpreted by the Archbishop as involving the nullity of the marriage. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Its nullity was appalling; from afar I felt the physical uneasiness that an equivocal picture will usually produce in a devotee. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
It was a hopeless cast, "he said with deliberation," to believe that turning from one nullity to the other could solve anything. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Cadfael's Penance]
The violent movement of the arms and legs in an attempt to '' climb out '' of the water tends to nullity the stability of the PFD. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
It's a complete nullity in the eyes of the law and the government should have no right whatsoever to seize any of Mr. Lay's property. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2006] Reference
The marriage was concealed for some months from his mother, -- who at a subsequent period left no stone unturned to prove its nullity. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861] Reference
Severe mental illness, failure to consummate the marriage and refusal to have children were common reasons for "" a degree of nullity. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Q. When Is A Marriage Not Really A Marriage?] Reference
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