let pass
Example Sentences
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That his residency now dwarfs, in sheer scale, the fight-night masculinity the same building helped crown is not a coincidence I am willing to let pass quietly.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
More willing to appreciate the little joys he once let pass right on by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
“The only match she let pass her by was the match against Osaka. But here in Paris she is suffering and anyone who thinks she wasn’t suffering today was not watching the match.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
What you discovered is that your husband wrote down the thoughts most people let pass without a trace.
From Slate ● May 16, 2021
I did not complain of my treatment; indeed, complaint may often make intolerable some circumstances which otherwise were swallowed, digested, and let pass.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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