Sentence examples for alone a first from inspiring English sources

He walked down the street alone, a first grader in an Eastern Airlines cap.

Bassam's objection, he concluded, "is all claptrap which would not pass an entrance examination, let alone a first year paper".

Mrs. Clinton spent much of her summer upstate, often in hamlets that rarely see a Senate candidate, let alone a first lady.

Not only that, but when the server arrived, she immediately pointed this out to us — before we'd even ordered drinks, let alone a first course that might let me discern whether the food was worth a tip.

This present study set out to test the hypothesis that a low-salt educational intervention tailored to meet the needs, customs and practices of this population in addition to standard hypertension medication management would result in greater BP reduction than standard care alone: a first such intervention with this population group.

That is an achievement for any author, let alone a first-time novelist.

Please, it's very impressive for anyone, let alone a first-time author.

"This is one of the most esoteric topics in all of physics at any level, let alone a first-year physics course," Mr. Morochnick wrote.

What is life, morality, truth or, indeed, the very nature of God? Weighty concepts for a philosophy degree, let alone a first-person puzzle game.

It takes a little while for any new manager to come in, I would presume, let alone a first-time manager who's not even sure about himself.

ELECTIONS in the Middle East, Israel's apart, rarely merit a first, let alone a second, glance.