How to Use let alone in a Sentence

let alone

conjunction

• I don't have enough money for a new car, let alone a luxury sedan.
• This America isn’t the land of the free – let alone the home of the brave.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• This is a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in 12 years, let alone sniff the Super Bowl.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• That is a high bar to set for a single player, let alone a trio.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• An e-mail like this should not even be opened, let alone allowed to go on for this long.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Ten years is a long time to do any kind of creative project or job, let alone a podcast.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Because in this world, there is no room for passion, let alone chaos.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
• Few shows make it to Season 4 these days, let alone Season 12.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 July 2023
• Few people want to make — let alone watch — an eight-minute TikTok.
  — Szu Yu Chen, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• There are very few castles out west, let alone available for sale.
  — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 27 May 2024
• They will be beaten up, let alone kiss or hold each other.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2023
• Bill could practically see out the back of his head, let alone a bit of plastic on a floor.
  — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• The Italian piece of the name was a bit of wishful thinking; at more than 3,700 pounds, the car wasn’t even light, let alone super light.
  — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024
• The world of Hoffman or Bundy no longer exists, let alone that of Carnegie and Rockefeller.
  — Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
• Boeing stretched to make it to the launchpad this year, let alone into orbit.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
• Taking these steps would be difficult in the best of times, let alone ahead of an election.
  — Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
• There aren’t a whole lot of three-row electric vehicles on the market yet, let alone full-size ones like the EV9.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2023
• These two n-s that I’ve just been blessed to even stand beside in this game, let alone chase — chase their greatness, right?
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2024
• There was barely enough time to meet van Zweden, let alone get a full sense of him, as man or maestro.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• He would have never been allowed to pitch one shutout, let alone five in his first seven starts.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• How many of these services would survive, let alone turn a profit?
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• This was the first time that Miami won by a margin greater than 50, let alone the final margin of 60.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
• That said, there was no hope that the fu-gos would cause significant damage to the United States, let alone turn the tide of war.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, the comments were coming too fast for Kash to read, let alone answer.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
• Everything looks so very authentic, from the tools in the home to the details in clothing, let alone the landscapes.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• There isn’t anyone that expects their TV show to run for more than a couple of seasons, let alone six.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
• There are no hotels, full-service restaurants, or shops on the mountain, let alone the slew of promised amenities.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
• Too weak to save herself, let alone overpower the much stronger husband.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• Still, even just sampling everything takes hours, let alone earning the badge each game gives you upon completion.
  — PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2024
• To make matters worse, what limited water does exist in the area’s deep wells has too much fluoride and other contaminants to be drinkable, let alone used in dialysis.
  — Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024