apathy

Example Sentences

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The simplicity of his execution underlines that a nightmare future doesn’t need to much to come to fruition, just a couple of clipboards and mass apathy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Wilcox wanted focus and determination, not apathy and a lack of accountability.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Compounding this painful apathy is the fact that state officials were made aware of the burial ground by at least the 1970s.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Mustering just three hits on Tuesday did little to quiet any accusations of their apathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

I suspect that this woman knows a great deal, that her apathy is a facade for her seeming resentment against Levy Pants.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole