apathy

Example Sentences

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The simplicity of his execution underlines that a nightmare future doesn’t need to much to come to fruition, just a couple of clipboards and mass apathy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Compounding this painful apathy is the fact that state officials were made aware of the burial ground by at least the 1970s.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

She was tired of reading a new memoir every week and concerned that listeners would hear the apathy in her voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Fr Sebastian says that apathy takes root when there's a lack of understanding about the child's reality and the spirit of the law.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

New Orleans is. on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole