How to Use go without in a Sentence

go without

phrasal verb
  • The This Is Why Tour hasn’t quite gone without a hitch.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That the dog needs a good cold nose goes without saying.
    Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Ohtani went without a long ball in his first eight games, but has his 10 in the last 27 contests.
    Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 5 May 2024
  • While one wideout had gone without a target in Week 2, the other had to wait until Week 3 to see the field.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Without any apps, the boys will have to go without TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and the like.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
  • Her father and mother, Maha, have gone without food at times to be able to pay for her medicine.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
  • The current library would be torn down in the process, meaning the neighborhood would have to go without for more than a year.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The lesser prizes have also gone without a winner as well.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, look for existing fire rings, use a fire pan or camp stove and go without a fire.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Still, their eclipse party went without a hitch — a great relief to the town’s leaders who had been laying plans for the shindig for over a year and a half.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Blue is an all-timer of an album, and Spotify had to go without it for a couple years.
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Yet, in Texas-size irony, this is the third time this year that large stretches of the city have gone without power for multiple days.
    Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
  • That this is happening to all of us goes without saying.
    David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The first and second rounds go without Thomas being taken.
    Dave Hyde, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The project certainly hasn’t gone without its share of headlines.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The same day Betts went without a homer in batting practice, Martinez at one point clobbered three in a row with ease.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • Bosa officially went without a sack that game, as was the case in last year’s playoff trio.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Legge also can't go without sunscreen with a long day outdoors ahead of her.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
  • During the 13 years this case went without an arrest, what chance would there be that the killer never tried something else like it?
    Robert Kolker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The good news is that even as the bakery is under construction for the next several months, fans of the baked goods won’t have to go without.
    oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • This one kind of goes without saying, but in my studio there’s a load of instruments.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In combination with the top, this is the perfect set to throw on and go without doing much thinking.
    Jordyn Burrell, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2024
  • The roughly 1,000 workers at the company have gone without pay for at least two weeks, in some cases longer.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 July 2024
  • Sofia went without heavy makeup and a breezy summer dress, while Carl Philip sported shorts and a polo shirt.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The makers of the vaccines couldn’t keep up, and there was a major squeeze, meaning many low-income countries had to go without.
    Grace Browne, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Alvarez bought the ticket that won after 39 draws went without a winner.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The current era is by far the longest the U.S. has gone without one clearly dominant party.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • This should go without saying: The people who put food on our plates shouldn’t struggle to afford to put food on their own tables.
    Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • That is when Williams was removed from handcuffs and let go without further issue.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The Heat’s surge was fueled, in part, by a turnaround from Adebayo, who scored nine points in the second quarter on 4-of-8 shooting, after going without a shot or point in the first period.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024

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