nothing but

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

Example Sentences

"Reform have nothing but announcements that fall apart on arrival," she added.

From BBC

By the end, when Dawn tells Mark, “You don’t know a thing about me,” I could do nothing but agree.

From Salon

By the end, when Dawn tells Mark, “You don’t know a thing about me,” I could do nothing but agree.

From Salon

But this time her voice was nothing but sincere, her face nothing but concerned.

From Salon

And when his department, steeped in macho culture and eager for more mall arrests, starts deploying a video camera behind a one-way mirror, an increasingly anxious Lucas is made to feel nothing but risk about his identity.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• alone 
• entirely 
• hardly 
• merely 
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• purely 
• simply 
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