tune out
Example Sentences
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“The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is certainly a difficult one to understand and try to determine what comes next, but a lot of investors have lived through this throughout their lifetimes and realized there’s no benefit to overreacting, so that’s caused them to tune out a bit on Monday,” said Chris Maxey, chief market strategist at Wealthspire Advisors, during an interview with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch
You have to make sure that that is one hell of an immersive experience, because it’s not like you could just have an audience member tune out if they don’t like the Dunk story this week.
From Los Angeles Times
Is it hard or easy for you to tune out — By the way, the women at school are lovely and I’m obsessed with all of them.
From Los Angeles Times
Jonah didn’t want to admit how hard he’d been working to tune out everything Katherine had tried to tell him.
From Literature
Saylor told his investors the only way to handle the downturn is to hold on—and tune out the market’s volatility.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
