say nothing
Example Sentences
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It’s a radical notion, to say nothing of an extraordinarily expensive and time-consuming challenge for any orchestra given to a former music director, but Dudamel has never been one to take no for an answer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Yet almost three weeks on, the British government has chosen to say nothing.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
He might have sounded accommodating in the afterglow of his trip, but U.S. officials say nothing was surrendered in the summit itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
He endured the same ritual last year, and came to Washington with a clear understanding of the task: Whatever you say, say nothing, as Seamus Heaney put it in a famous 1975 poem.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
The first two times I say nothing, but on the third I tell her I have a stomachache, which is true.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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