How do you use the word "nonsense" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "nonsense": Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense. It is time you put a stop to this nonsense.

Nonsense Meaning

/ˈnɒn.səns/

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

Definition

nounLetters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

nounAn untrue statement.

Sentence Examples

Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.

It is time you put a stop to this nonsense.

Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

meaningless bunk

Antonyms:

meaningful

CEFR Practice Quiz

His explanation was pure ____ and did not answer any of our questions.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I've never heard such absolute ____ surely you don't expect anyone to believe that story?

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense From non- (“no, none, lack of”) + sense, from c. 1610. Compare the semantically similar West Frisian ûnsin (“nonsense”), Dutch onzin (“nonsense”), German Unsinn (“nonsense”), English unsense (“nonsense”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever." — 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 21:

"While at the hospital, David kept screaming and yelling nonsense, stating Vladimir Putin bailed him out of jail and is a god." — 2022 April 13, “Man Gets Arrested Twice in One Day”, in Code Blue Cam:

"and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up." — 2008 October 9, “Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse”, in Telegraph.co.uk:

"At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds." — a. 1909, Bernard Shaw, “The Red Robe”, in James Huneker, editor, Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw, volume 2, page 73:

""They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."" — 1997 June 3, “Rockies respond to whip”, in Denver Post:

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