WITHOUT in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of WITHOUT
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without
 prep.  in absence of, outside
 prep.  not having or doing something, or lacking something
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Even now I cannot recollect without passion my reveries while the work was incomplete.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
2  Jordan looked at him alertly, cheerfully without answering.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
4  "Don't hurry, Meyer," said Gatsby, without enthusiasm.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  "Be ver nice," said Mr. Sloane, without gratitude.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
6  "She's much obliged, I'm sure," said another friend, without gratitude.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  "I'm sick," said Wilson without moving.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  "Open another window," commanded Daisy, without turning around.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  You see they're tennis shoes and I'm sort of helpless without them.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
10  When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  Never since her release from prison had Hester met the public gaze without her.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
12  The thought suffices them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
13  Colonel Brandon alone, of all the party, heard her without being in raptures.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
14  She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
15  Dullness is as much produced within doors as without, by rain.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation.
17  Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
18  One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
19  They try to tease out the answers without appearing to ask.
20  We cannot accept his findings without tangible evidence.
21  I lived deep in the country, without easy access to shops.
22  He explains things without condescending to his audience.
23  The book was translated without the sanction of the author.
24  Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
25  He was speaking without the prince's authority.
26  It was done without the principal's authority.
27  Truth will stand without a prop.
28  Goodbye without reasons is the most painful one.
29  You can't touch pitch without being defiled.
30  What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.