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

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

She was tired of reading a new memoir every week and concerned that listeners would hear the apathy in her voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

This wasn't depression per se, but a condition known as pathological apathy that Patrick describes as feeling like "floating through time" without solid ground.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Today in his apathy John stared at them, not seeing; he began to dust them with the exaggerated care of the profoundly preoccupied.

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