ignorance

Example Sentences

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As Isaac Asimov observed, “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.”

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

It seems like the Justice Department’s plan was to send in this junior prosecutor, Daniel Rosenblum, who would respond to these questions with ignorance and say he didn’t know anything.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Who hasn’t had the experience of hearing some know-nothing proudly display his ignorance — whether in a bar, on a crowded plane or on Joe Rogan’s podcast?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Speaking on Sunday, Mourinho said he was "completely, utterly opposed to any kind of discrimination or prejudice, or ignorance, or stupidity".

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The word itself had lost little of its power to startle and had, due to my ignorance of the physical place it occupied on the globe, assumed a peculiar life of its own.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt