paying no mind
Example Sentences
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As the young women marched, several Latino maintenance workers snaked a power hose across the Federal Building steps, paying no mind to the heavily-armed National Guard soldiers as they sprayed away graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
This board has been accused many times of being performative and paying no mind to their finances.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2021
Rookie cornerback DeAndre Baker is also paying no mind to the Giants’ team defensive statistics.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
“He just knocked the wind out of me,” Sexton said later, paying no mind to a tooth that had been loosened by another collision.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2018
Right then, he’d swing around and head for the cabin, dragging down corn with the plow and paying no mind whatever to my hauling back on the reins and hollering “Whoa!”
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
