attach little importance to

Example Sentences

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He left his daughter, who seemed to attach little importance to this sudden indisposition of her father's.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Lermina, Jules

Astral beings therefore attach little importance to facial features.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

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

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

For their own part they appeared to attach little importance to this, but they declared that the guide would be punished by the offended "bolvans."

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882