without so much as

Example Sentences

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I left my aunts on a frigid morning without so much as a goodbye.

From Literature

Rosh Hashanah came and went without so much as an apple dipped in honey.

From Literature

But none stand as tall as the film’s co-lead, Amanda Seyfried, playing the seemingly perfect housewife, Nina Winchester, who hires Sweeney’s down-and-out parolee, Millie, to work and live in her house, and take care of her child, without so much as a background check.

From Salon

There’s also no way of knowing how many more fans might pack a home stadium to see a team contending for an appearance in the College Football Playoff after the Bruins have gone more than a quarter of a century without so much as a conference championship.

From Los Angeles Times

He wouldn’t go over seventeen years without so much as a phone call, and if he died, he’d have the decency to do it somewhere where he could be found.

From Literature