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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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
After all, why listen to a podcast with two nobodies co-hosting when a listener can get an hour from a familiar celebrity.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Many of Newsom’s critics who breathlessly report on his evil plans (that the left-wing mainstream media supposedly cover up) are just nobodies who feign authority and are obviously fronting for right-wing organizations.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Unlike some of his more strapping forebears (think Liam Neeson, Kevin Costner, or Aaron Eckhart), Odenkirk specializes in nobodies and normals: people one would not expect to be killing machines.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
After all, why listen to a podcast with two nobodies co-hosting when a listener can get an hour from a familiar celebrity.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Many of Newsom’s critics who breathlessly report on his evil plans (that the left-wing mainstream media supposedly cover up) are just nobodies who feign authority and are obviously fronting for right-wing organizations.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Nobody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nobody. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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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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