without a clue
Example Sentences
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One insider who has been part of conversations about the chances of changing the leader says, "it's not flighty people, not just newbies without a clue, they're not idiots".
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
He washed up at the homeless shelter, desperate to start anew but without a clue how to do it.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022
Without social media to rely on for news, Frazier and Bradley arrived at Madison Square Garden for Game 7 without a clue whether Reed would play.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2020
It is written, as well, for the children, bless them, as their needs are paramount, just above the desperate, child-free uncle scrambling into late December without a clue.
From Slate • Nov. 27, 2019
Accordingly he imprisoned him and his son Icarus in the Labyrinth, certainly a proof that it was excellently devised since not even the maker of it could discover the exit without a clue.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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