Sentence examples for without having served from inspiring English sources

He wrote the finest Iraq war novel to date, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," without having served in the military.

Mr. Trump is the first American elected president without having served in any political office or as a general.

In 2012, Sumption was appointed to the supreme court, the highest court in the land, straight from the bar, without having served as a judge in lower courts – an exceptionally rare promotion.

You can't become a partner in a consulting firm without having been an associate, an investment banker without having served as an analyst, or the head of a clinical research team without having worked as a research assistant.

The "great successor," as he has been dubbed by the state media, is surrounded by elders who are no less sick than his father and a military that chafed at his promotion to four-star general last year without having served a day in the army.

These categories seem particularly inadequate for performers in their 20s and early 30s, people like Mr. Granoff, Ms. Young or Levi Gonzalez — a new generation creating work without having served a long apprenticeship in a dance company, and distinctly uninterested in honing a specific movement technique.

Mr. Kolton reached that position without ever having served as a stockbroker.

Michael William Krzyzewski then resigned his military commission, worked for one year as a graduate assistant to Knight (who had taken over at Indiana) and then — without ever having served as a full-fledged assistant coach in college — accepted a job as head coach back at West Point.

He was not without political experience, having served as president of the Absecon City Council in 1992 and 1993.

Each of us made his career decisions for a variety of reasons, but overwhelmingly without rancor for having served our country, and with respect for the vast majority of those with whom we served.

Union Square Cafe, one of the few restaurants to roast its ducks whole, without interruption, has served the same roasted duck dish for more than 11 years.