Sentence examples for let alone devote from inspiring English sources
Barber might consider such pop drivel beneath him — but then why write about it, let alone devote lengthy tangents to the Sims and Shaquille O'Neal?
I find it repulsive that you should even mention this primitive "sport", let alone devote four pages to it (MMA: from 'human cockfighting' to global success, Sport, 5 March).
I know the temptation: when I am interviewing someone onstage, as I still often do, it's so much easier and more fun to spend 20 minutes on Google than to wrestle with those ancient microfiche machines in the public library, let alone devote the better part of a month to reading all her books.
As 2011 comes to a close, it seems almost nonsensical to have to mention, let alone devote an article to, gender barriers.
Adopting a hobby, let alone devoting thousands of dollars to one, only to be a minority, is a relatively convoluted way to exert more control over one's life.
I was mystified at first as to how I was able to tolerate, let alone devour, a book so devoted to two of my least-favorite literary topoi (pedophilia, lifestyles of the rich and glamorous).
Today there are countless people practising journalism who feel no identification with the profession, let alone deciding to devote their lives to it.
Do we really owe the muse or helpmeet a cover line -- let alone an entire volume devoted to her literary contribution?
Here he is making a factual psychological claim – one that is convincing up to a point, but rather hard to reconcile with many of the ways in which quite clear-headed people often do behave, such as riding motor-bikes and climbing mountains, let alone committing suicide or devoting much of their lives to others.
With most hours of the day devoted to job, family, and commuting, most of us struggle to find energy to devote to ourselves, let alone philanthropic causes.
It does not serve the interests of the sport, let alone those of the people who devote their lives to the struggle for human rights across the globe.
