let alone

Example Sentences

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Suljovic did not have a dart at a double in any of the first seven legs, let alone win one.

From BBC

It’s one of the reasons we’re unwilling to hand over detailed maps of our homelands and cultural sites to anyone, let alone a foreign government.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the leaders, Catarino, spoke with multiple day laborers in Bakersfield who couldn’t afford food, let alone warm jackets during the harsh winter.

From Los Angeles Times

“We were scratching and clawing for any order, let alone profitable ones,” Moreno says.

From The Wall Street Journal

It came in the days before VAR, so Moreno did not even concede a penalty let alone get a red card.

From BBC