without so much as

Idioms  

1. With not even, as in She stormed out without so much as a goodbye. [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

There’s also no way of knowing how many more fans might pack a home stadium to see a team contending for an appearance in the College Football Playoff after the Bruins have gone more than a quarter of a century without so much as a conference championship.

From Los Angeles Times

He wouldn’t go over seventeen years without so much as a phone call, and if he died, he’d have the decency to do it somewhere where he could be found.

From Literature

I asked ChatGPT, too, and it spit out a whole seminar on how to listen better and “consider her love language,” without so much as a one-click discounted bath bomb in sight.

From Barron's

Was it bittersweet for Penelope to part from the horrible Babushkawoos so abruptly, without so much as a good-bye?

From Literature

Surely it was the admiral’s problem if his ostrich was so ill-mannered that it ran away without so much as a by-your-leave?

From Literature