How to Use nonevent in a Sentence

nonevent

noun

• But for the first time since 1998, the governor’s race was a nonevent.
  — Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022
• The measure of their success is that Y2K now feels like a nonevent.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2020
• Instead of wreaking havoc, the year’s end was a nonevent.
  — Michael S. Derby, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2020
• Last night my wife and I prayed for all those affected by the impact of this current nonevent.
  — Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• In terms of its effect , a drone that fell from the skies one recent morning in an area south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, was a nonevent.
  — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
• The restaurant will be open to the public – even on nonevent days – but ticket holders will have access to the arena.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2017
• For some areas, this may turn out to be a nonevent: a little wet snow that doesn’t accumulate much.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
• Wednesday’s storms were a nonevent for much of Connecticut, where a couple of hours of heavy rain was followed by sunshine and cold.
  — Russell Blair, courant.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• This seeming nonevent developed into front-page news at the New York Times.
  — Steve Milloy, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
• Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• The real nonevent of 2017 was Paris versus Los Angeles.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
• Forecasts may trend toward a more significant snow event or a nonevent with no snow.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• The scramble produced a range of reports — sloppy and incomplete, for the most part — that amplified the nonevent and, yes, exposed Sandmann to ridicule.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
• This could be a nonevent and most models show no precipitation.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• If her forecast is right, the Fed policy meeting on Wednesday will turn out to be a nonevent in a gradual return to normal policy.
  — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• Suite holders are also encouraged to use the space for company meetings and private gatherings on nonevent days at the arena.
  — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
• By suggesting it, Len had communicated his desire to make the reunion between us a nonevent.
  — Morgan Thomas, The Atlantic, 16 May 2021
• When settlements are small, of course, excluding the legal costs associated with them is a nonevent.
  — Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
• The coronavirus, from this standpoint, is compared to impeachment and the special counsel’s report, major news events dismissed by Trump allies as hyped-up nonevents.
  — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
• The platform is optimized to make the nonevent of its own exaggerated demise seem significant.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2022
• In biopic form, LeRoy’s fame loses some of its sociological complexity, which might explain why this movie was a nonevent.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 June 2022
• But Venice this year was a bland, hippieish nonevent, while Documenta descended into a self-righteous muddle.
  — Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
• Gerard Barron, chairman of TMC, calls the delisting notice a nonevent that could be easily solved by consolidating its shares.
  — Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
• There has also been one major nonevent: the Biden presidential noncampaign.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2020
• The election of a state party chair, who traditionally leads fundraising and candidate recruitment efforts, is a nonevent for most voters.
  — Bill Turque, Washington Post, 6 May 2017
• On the other, an online release usually registers as a nonevent, and many of the great movies hardly make a blip on the mediascape despite being more accessible than ever.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2021
• While its primary simulation shows a big winter storm in the Mid-Atlantic region, about a third of its 50 alternative simulations with small tweaks present a nonevent, and another third a moderate event.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• However, November’s general election largely could be a nonevent for many offices.
  — Bristow Marchant, charlotteobserver, 16 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024