indifferent

Example Sentences

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"We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent, indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people," the pope said in his address.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The appoint of Igor Tudor, a coach with an indifferent record at many clubs, smacked of a punt made in panic.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Our public school system can likewise seem indifferent toward identifying, studying and replicating successful education models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“Why did you give no hint that night / That quickly after the morrow’s dawn, / And calmly, as if indifferent quite, / You would close your term here, up and be gone.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

That night, Bono talked of flight—and John Locke, beneath my indifferent eye, spoke of place and of motion.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson