How to Use never mind in a Sentence

never mind

idiomatic phrase
  • I have a hard enough time getting out of bed before sunrise, never mind getting to work so early.
  • First of all: Don’t accept food, never mind ancient yeast colonies, from strangers in the woods.
    John Hodgman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Dining sheds should never be allowed in the streets, never mind this stupid plan to take them down for four months a year.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • Workers might not be on the same continent, never mind in the same office.
    Ed Beltran, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But the pinfall began on schedule, never mind the pitfall.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • True, a horseradish sauce is more English than French, but never mind.
    David Tanis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The three farmworkers hadn’t heard of the bird flu from their employers or state health officials, never mind offers of tests.
    Amy Maxmen, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
  • On some issues, No Labels merely tries to split the difference between two sides, never mind that one side may be right and the other wrong.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • This is not a tail-happy handler, never mind the reputation of mid-engine cars.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The first season was standard Sorkin — a group of empathetic people working to deliver the news for the sake of the facts and bettering the world (never mind the ratings).
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Purple Sky Metallic is an absolutely lurid hue that will turn heads from across the county, never mind the parking lot.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • What follows are way too many books to read before Groundhog Day, never mind Thanksgiving.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The orchestra alone would break most budgets, never mind the murderous expense of large casts and elaborate sets.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • This form of escapism, experts say, involves seeing places such as Nauru as a kind of malleable blank slate - never mind the people who already call them home.
    Kelsey Ables, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
  • Space and You Most people are unaware of the crucial role that space systems playin their daily lives, never mind military conflicts.
    Patrick Lin, Professor Of Philosophy, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2024
  • Most young poets face at least ten years of writing in the dark: impossible to publish poems in magazines, never mind a whole book.
    Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • After swiping right on a dating app (in 2007, five years before Tinder was invented, but never mind), the future soulmates meet at a bar.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Many new inventors struggle to find out even how to go about getting their ideas reviewed, never mind finding companies that are willing to do this.
    Jon Stojan, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And that’s just tuition and fees -- never mind books, Taco Casa, Momma G’s, parking tickets and poor financial decisions.
    Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 12 June 2023
  • That being said, the other aspects of touring can be grueling, and can take their toll on 18-year-olds, never mind a musician approaching 80.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 July 2024
  • Advertisement This form of escapism, experts say, involves seeing places such as Nauru as a kind of malleable blank slate — never mind the people who already call them home.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • And while Bana gets a lot of screentime, Falk feels irrelevant to this story — never mind the whopping coincidence of his murky familial tragedy in the same locale.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • So Trump has a visceral point here, never mind realities or reasons.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
  • But with fall comes crisp, cooler days (never mind pumpkin spice lattes) and motivation for a refresh—home decor included.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Based on the harmonious voices of fans singing along in the audience and the phones that appeared to never stop filming, getting to see either member live — never mind both of them — was a surreal moment of starstruck joy.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This attitude has led to an embarrassing dearth of Munch paintings in American museums — rarely more than one, if any — but never mind.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • Many members of his own party, never mind swing voters, remain unconvinced.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
  • The 2022 school year started out aggressively normal: Students packed the football stadium, never mind the losing record.
    Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The Bears finished 3-14 last season, falling a Miracle Mile short of their expectations, never mind win total.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Back then, many voters watching the nightly news got the impression that the party could not control its own delegates, never mind a country that was wrestling with an unpopular war.
    Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024

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