obliviousness

Example Sentences

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He notes the predicament the “Better Call Saul” writers sometimes faced in placing Jimmy/Saul and Kim, who knew each other so well, in dramatic situations that ordinarily would require more obliviousness or willing unawareness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

“That reflects Herod’s obliviousness to the richness of nature. For me, he is one of these people who violate not only other people but the earth itself.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Identifying behaviors that make us recoil, like self-absorption and obliviousness, requires an ironic amount of self-reflection.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023

Someday this chapter may be viewed as fascinating for its obliviousness and, from a public relations standpoint, its recklessness.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2023

“It is the obliviousness of our children that saves us.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr