noplace
Americanadverb
Spelling
See anyplace.
Etymology
Origin of noplace
Example Sentences
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They had noplace else to go; that's why they were living in the ruins among the detritus of war.
From Salon
You got noplace by running from them.
From The New Yorker
As Maniac considered what to say, the urchins peeped from behind him: “We wasn’t noplace, John. We was right here. With this here kid. And he ain’t no cop neither. We checked him out.”
From Literature
“It’s an ugly, windswept noplace for 90% of the year.”
From Washington Post
Only after he was starving and sleeping in flophouses did he tell them, “I’ve got no money and noplace to go,” and they were angry with him.
From Literature
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