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
Mr. Holden flashes between depictions of a staggering 35 characters, using only his voice and changes in physical bearing to evoke them with uncanny precision, to say nothing of unflagging energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
We are all excited; but we say nothing.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
