nothing but

Idioms  

1. Only, as in She thinks of nothing but money. This term was first recorded about 1380.

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Example Sentences

We may live in an era where tech firms toss about tens of billions of dollars like that’s nothing, but even so, there is so much money involved here.

From Slate

It turned out to be nothing but a brief dalliance for the couple, who struggled with the area’s punishing heat.

From MarketWatch

The women had received several tip-offs that a body may have been disposed of in the field, but after hours in the midday sun, they found nothing but animal bones.

From BBC

When a friend offered me her apartment on Mondays when she was out of town, I jumped at the chance, reserving Monday for nothing but writing.

From The Wall Street Journal

They reached an elevation that looked down upon the Very, Very Far North, with a few clouds actually hanging below them and the Shipwreck nothing but a speck seen far off in the distance.

From Literature

Related Words

• alone
• entirely
• hardly
• merely
• particularly
• purely
• simply
• solely