pay no attention
Example Sentences
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When wackos say this, I pay no attention.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In order for democracy to work, we have been told, it is our function to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
"Turning a blind eye to" implies that blind people pay no attention.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
We pay no attention to any of this, because Stephen is teaching me to see in the dark, as commandos do.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
