Nor
[nɔː;nə] or [nɔr]
Definition
(conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
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Definition
conj. and not a particle introducing the second part of a negative proposition—correlative to neither.
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Examples
- She could not answer me, nor could she look at me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nor has he--except for their one great gift to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Nor I, said Grandfer Cantle. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That is a State secret of the utmost importance, and I fear that I cannot tell you, nor do I see that it is necessary. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She did not affect modesty, nor appear in the least offended at my intrusion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We're no war nor some 'at is aboon us, are we? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Five days' journey from here--say two hundred miles--are the ruins of an ancient city, of whose history there is neither record nor tradition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Worcester declared that he looked forward to no hope nor rest until we should be really married. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You have no right to shut your eyes to any of it nor any right to forget any of it nor to soften it nor to change it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- According to that doctrine, motives deprive us not of free-will, nor take away our power of performing or forbearing any action. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Nor do I perceive how I can easily be mistaken in this matter. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The furniture for which he owed would not want renewing; nor even the stock of wine for a long while. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Nor an old 'un neither, Sir,' observed Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She saw nothing more of her uncle, nor of her aunt Norris, till they met at dinner. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Simple perceptions or impressions and ideas are such as admit of no distinction nor separation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Take it and read it to me, for I have neither the strength nor the courage to do it myself. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nor any traditions of one? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was saying, she told him, that you must not worry about your work because I will not bother you nor interfere. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Neither Jos nor Emmy knew this important maxim. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The result was an intermediate substance, neither glass nor whinstone--a sort of slag. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I deserve neither such praise nor such censure, cried Elizabeth; I am _not_ a great reader, and I have pleasure in many things. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His strange life had left him neither morose nor bloodthirsty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is not for myself that I pray this favour, said Rebecca; nor is it even for that poor old man. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nor do I think about it now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But no love shines on her brow, Nor breaks she a marriage-vow, Love is colder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- My head ached with wondering how it happened, if men were neither fools nor rascals; and my heart ached to think they could possibly be either. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Allow him to speak with none, nor permit any other to enter this apartment before he comes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- No officer is ever to enter into my house again, nor even to pass through the village. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I do not wish to hurt you, nor to seem to undervalue the honour which you have done me, but the thing you desire may not be. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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