Sentence examples for looks let alone from inspiring English sources

Hall's Carol Burnett-like mouth hints at a flair for comedy, but her choice of parts, including that of the spoiled, rich heavy in the recent BBC adaptation of Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End," doesn't always suit her looks, let alone her capabilities.

Its star from the win, Darnell Edge, had trouble getting any looks, let alone good ones.

When the precocious Cain, who graduated from college at seventeen, announced to his mother that he, too, wanted to be a singer, Rose told him that he didn't have the looks, let alone the voice, to make it onstage.

But it's not as simple as that – Lampard and Andrea Pirlo may make their debuts next week for NYC FC, but they'll do so in a team that may be gradually beginning to get the best out of David Villa, but rarely look elastic enough to accommodate a variety of looks (let alone absorb the specific veteran skill set of Pirlo and Lampard).

We have fallen prey to generational degradation, longing for our childhood idea of nature, rather than that of our grandparents' version of how nature looked, let alone our great-great-great-grandparents'.

By refusing to allow her hair to be "processed," Kennedy was turning her back on how a colored girl was supposed to look, let alone be, while grappling with the question that all black American intellectuals struggle with eventually, especially when living abroad: How did the African become a Negro?

From people working in the media, to people working for environmental conservation groups, one of the leading questions we come face to face with every day is, "How do we get people to look, let alone care?" Consider your communication strategy re: how to let the world know what you are doing.

People evicted for not paying their rent do not usually get a second look, let alone a second chance, from their landlords.

I could see their young brains processing how in the world their beloved father had ever given this raggedy assed woman a second look, let alone dated her for two years.

What isn't fine, however, is the sad and sorry sight of a guy trundling round the bar, doing loop after loop, trying to scoop up anyone who'll give him a first look, let alone a second.

Given this, the group's name is fitting — our narrator is an observer, watching those "hotties wearin' Prada skirts" roll past, wondering if they'll ever give him a first look, let alone a second.