How to Use indifference in a Sentence

indifference

noun
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Synonyms for indifferencenext
  • She watched them with a cool indifference.
  • She was amazed that some people could watch the trial with indifference.
  • The light, the trumpet, the sweat and the shame of the young man, the profound indifference of the world to him—all of it exceeded language.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
  • For the jazz titan Sonny Rollins, the saxophone was a means to pierce the veil of indifference and outright hate.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But the indifference and fear that maintain this border can be as lethal as a chokehold.
    — Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 12 May 2023
  • This indifference to the law has made the bar an underground favorite.
    — Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2023
  • Love takes time to grow, but indifference is barren soil.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The big ballooning pleats and pooling hems of the ’90s signaled an indifference to the style, often serving as a place to clip one’s pager.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
  • But what bothered him the most was the indifference shown by the Black community over the broken promise.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Each of the teachers is a kick, as is the principal, played with aggressive indifference by Janelle James.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Most marriages that end come apart not in hatred but in indifference.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Fan outrage has given way to indifference, which is why Cal doesn’t have much choice other than to fire Fox.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But that same indifference could be fatal if the regime truly comes under threat.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The parties seem to agree on trade (hostility to); the deficit and debt (indifference to); entitlements (whistling through the graveyard); and more.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Democrats are walking around in some state of somnolent indifference about Joe Biden.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
  • Dorsey wasn’t sold on the idea, and his indifference was shared by several other senior members of Twitter’s team and board.
    — Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The teens are charged with first-degree murder with extreme indifference.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the appeal, in both the series and the original 2012 Mark Wahlberg movie, is the shoulder-shrugging indifference to the fact that some guy wished his teddy bear to life, and that said bear is now out in the world, acting the wiseacre.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In one of her most famous quotes, Mitchell takes a long drag on a cigarette and expresses her indifference to being liked.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Whereas the liar is at least mindful of the truth (if only to avoid it), the one tossing around the bull, Dr. Frankfurt wrote, is distinguished by his complete indifference to how things are.
    — James Ryerson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • The only upside to the Academy’s indifference is that Anderson didn’t have to waste time on an awards campaign.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Art, in its many expressions, acts as a hedge against indifference, as its very nature is meant to elicit a range of reactions.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2023
  • They are charged with first-degree murder with extreme indifference in the death of Alexa Bartell, who police said was killed after a rock thrown by the teens went threw her windshield and struck her.
    — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • More savvy people can smell his neediness, a turn-off in places where indifference is power.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • For that and other productions, Mr. Hall altered the theater seating in ways that made the students feel part of the action, an effort to shake them out of their indifference.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The difference is the indifference of Ladapo and DeSantis to their own residents’ health.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Yet noble indifference was not the full extent of her response, according to Mr. Luke.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • It is used the same way as its equivalent, to express indifference, distaste or boredom.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • Unfortunately, they’re snipped and clipped, jammed and rammed, dropped into the movie (and swept out of it) with an informational indifference that doesn’t even have the virtue of speed.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Striker romps and bounds like an athlete; Wasabi moves with haughty indifference, his tiny legs obscured by his cascading hair.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 12 May 2023

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