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
Pants and cuffs still need to be hemmed to say nothing of bridal, prom and other special-occasion clothes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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
He has to bend over to get under the boat, and I can see it hurts him, but there’s a look in his eye that says don’t say nothing, and I don’t.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
