Sentence examples for let alone speaking from inspiring English sources

When I was growing up, middle-class kids like me rarely admitted to understanding a native language, let alone speaking it.

Complaining, Bowen says, doesn't include neutrally telling someone they're doing something wrong, let alone speaking up against abusive treatment; he's talking, specifically, about the kind of moaning that just makes us feel worse - and which we vent, mostly, on friends who can't do anything about it, rather than the person or institution we want to change.

Beyond advancing tax reform, health care and the farm bill, Roberts said he's not interested in much else, let alone speaking out against the president.

Reaching out to her Facebook friends at a time when even eating, let alone speaking, was a challenge, she kept us posted regularly.

Many cannot read or write, let alone speak German.

Like many people, Rob and I were not raised in a society that acknowledged, let alone spoke about, depression.

The sentence independent single women in their 30's are never supposed to think, let alone speak".

At times Toulon looked a collection of individuals who didn't even play the same game, let alone speak the same language.

After all, few 15-year-olds get to address the UN in New York, let alone speak with eloquence and passion on climate change.

The family have spent a decade not dealing with his death, repressing opportunities to think, let alone speak out loud, about him.

They got out and walked in a wind so cold that it was painful for them to breathe, let alone speak.