indifference

Example Sentences

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But the real danger is indifference—and indifference is a product of not permitting oneself to turn away in reflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Leo has repeatedly denounced ongoing global conflicts in recent weeks, using a series of Holy Week addresses to warn against what he has described as a growing indifference to war and suffering.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“You don’t need to use them — you just need to wear them,” a civil servant says, capturing the government’s one-size-fits-all indifference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Consumer resistance — or indifference — to AI slop, however, suggests that people still seek in entertainment some emotional or intellectual connection with human creators, which AI may be unable to replicate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

She had been terribly grateful that summer for Madame Williams’s indifference; the woman had simply not seemed to see that Elizabeth, overnight, had become an old woman and was half mad with fear and grief.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin