without so much as

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

Example Sentences

He described Stoops’s ability to go from shouting directions at players to polite conversation without so much as a pause.

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“Masked immigration agents conducting unannounced enforcement actions through the community and, in all too many instances, stopping residents without so much as a reasonable suspicion of unlawful conduct have left people afraid to leave their homes ...,” the states argued.

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Bonner said he was “still surprised” that he had been “dismissed without so much as a phone call from Supervisor Barger.”

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Suplina also highlighted how the policy would allow residents of permitless carry states to carry a firearm throughout the country without so much as passing a background check, a fact that has spurred opposition from law enforcement agencies from around the country, including in Texas, Louisiana and West Virginia.

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But in 2024, years after her series ran its course, a major reveal about her mental capacity came down without so much as a word from Williams.

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