not giving a damn

Example Sentences

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“I see a lot of apathy, a lot of people being irresponsible, not giving a damn or not believing the disease is real. People still think it is something invented by the government.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2020

“His vulgarity. His anti-political-correctness. His not giving a damn, not being naïve or a kind of hippie. His music has a lot of resonance in Israel.”

From The New Yorker • Mar. 22, 2016

The late Gore Vidal said, characteristically: "Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2012

"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn."

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2012

The magnificent attitude of not giving a damn altered overnight; from being a mere tenet of Gloria's it became the entire solace and justification for what they chose to do and what consequence it brought.

From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)