attach little importance to

Example Sentences

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Doubtless land is not distant, whence these weeds have drifted, but I attach little importance to its sight, or discovery.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

I was inclined foolishly but naturally, to attach little importance to anything which had been done entirely without me, ridiculed their objections, and forced my decision upon them. 

From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark

All of these speculations are as yet far too deficient in facts to be of much value; and I must freely own that, for one, I attach little importance to them. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

Upon personal inspection, I attach little importance to Chickasaw as a military position.

From Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 1 by Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh)

Having so much in prospect, we should, in the buoyancy of our hope, attach little importance to the slight suffering that may be our earthly lot.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Luther, Martin