indifference

Example Sentences

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“You don’t need to use them — you just need to wear them,” a civil servant says, capturing the government’s one-size-fits-all indifference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"This atrocity cannot be justified, cannot be concealed, and must not be met with silence and indifference," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Her dissent exemplifies her belief that law should be a refuge for those who, like Reed, seek to escape the abuses of power and indifference that often play out in capital cases.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

The agency’s mindset remains: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The best one could hope for was indifference.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan