How do you use the word "none" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "none": You look as if it were none of your business. It's none of your business.

None Meaning

/nʌn/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

pronNot any of a given number or group.

pronNot any of a given number or group., No one, nobody.

Sentence Examples

You look as if it were none of your business.

It's none of your business.

She truly believes that none of this is her fault.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

some

CEFR Practice Quiz

Of the five candidates, ____ received enough votes to win.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I searched the entire house for my keys, but ____ of them were where I usually leave them.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews." — 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, page 253:

"the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them." — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

"None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys." — 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 138:

"my lack of education hasn't hurt me none" — 1973, Paul Simon, “Kodachrome”:

"Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences." — 2003, Jacob A. Belzen, Antoon Geels, Mysticism: A Variety of Psychological Perspectives, page 50:

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