nowhither

How to use nowhither in a sentence

• The background, too, that colonnade “leading nowhither,” is characteristic of the change in the manner of regarding things.

  The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther

• But we get nowhither unless we carefully distinguish between the foundation of the problem and the problem itself.

  The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue | Various

• As the miles were covered he still floundered in a maze of speculation that seemed to lead him nowhither.

  The One-Way Trail | Ridgwell Cullum

• It makes a most fascinating byway to walk along, though it leads nowhither, ending abruptly where it dips down into Fulbourn Fen.

  Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely | Rev. Edward Conybeare.

• This Prime Minister could retire nowhither except into his tomb.

  Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History | Thomas Carlyle