How to Use do without in a Sentence

do without

verb
  • Could the city do without them?
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • It can’t be done without a great horse, of course.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • This can and should be done without bombing the plant.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • But when done without texture, the trend can feel bland.
    — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 20 June 2026
  • All of this was done without approval from the league's board.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There’s work to do without question.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Simply getting to the role won’t get the job done without putting in the work.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Can it be done without grievous injury?
    — Joe Salas june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026
  • This simply cannot be done without the ability to buy land.
    — Susan Carr, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Then again, a few decades ago most office work was done without the internet.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
  • There's plenty to see and do without having to travel far.
    — Mekialaya White, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • So it was done without any consideration of who had helped and who had hurt.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no way that a 15-year-old kid can get their homework done without a blocker.
    — CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The work could not have been done without the support of community funders.
    — Dana Banker, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • Such training was also done without our consent and is a violation of the law.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Often, baking soda and vinegar get the job done without risking damage to the pan.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Hiring a reputable gutter cleaning service means the work gets done without putting yourself at risk.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Ukrainians have enough to do without starting a second war in Hungary.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And that evening, the German submachine gunners had to do without their supper.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • These preservative-free eye drops get the job done without any suspicious chemicals.
    — Bria McNeal, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
  • The staging could do without the underscoring that becomes heavy-handed in the play’s later stages.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Teams simply don’t make the kind of second half run the Flyers did without a belief in themselves, and each other.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Eat real food — minimally processed, largely plant-based — like many of us once did without thinking about it.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But it must be done without jeopardizing the future or sabotaging the present.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
  • With earphones, it can be done without disturbing others in the Maker Space.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
  • But the Angels’ offense, finishing with four hits, found a way to make do without solely relying on the long ball.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • Sometimes torture is just cool, like walking away from an exploding building in slo-mo, something Creasy does without irony.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
  • This movie couldn’t have been done without all of this amazing work, led by Paul Lambert and Mags Sarnowska.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • One afternoon of paperwork done without ever thinking about the business buyer sitting across from her one day.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • But the intermission that the set change demands seems like an intrusion in a play that could do without the realistic detail.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026

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