How to Use indifference in a Sentence

indifference

noun

• She watched them with a cool indifference.
• She was amazed that some people could watch the trial with indifference.
• In the face of this indifference, the onus falls on us to keep ourselves safe.
  — Washington Post, 26 June 2024
• 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
• This learned indifference to the obvious, to the grinding of the bones of their own.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• In his lifestyle, Coltrane stood apart for his indifference to the scene.
  — Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
• But to his surprise, if not our own, he’s met with indifference and scorn.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
• Yet, to many young people, the king seems to almost flaunt his indifference.
  — John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Dee, being Dee, falls into the cruel Trevor's predictable rich guy prank-trap, much to the rest of the Gang's indifference.
  — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022
• Anger is better than indifference, which is what the end of the Krystkowiak era yielded.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
• Franco doubled in the eighth and went to third on defensive indifference with the Rays ahead 8-0.
  — Mark Didtler, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Seeing a women's section disappear in indifference, in 2024, the year of the Olympic Games in France, is a shame.
  — Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• Our faiths tell us to reject indifference and demand justice; to choose life over death, and love over fear.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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
• They're charged with depriving Floyd of the right to be free from indifference to his medical needs.
  — Amy Forliti, ajc, 11 Jan. 2022
• 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
• The abuse and indifference detailed in the Yates report took a piece of every woman's spirit.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
• But that same indifference could be fatal if the regime truly comes under threat.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Many of us, alone at dusk or dawn, have felt a sense of being birthed by Mother Earth, a respite from that general indifference of the universe.
  — Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2021
• The plodding pace of approval also stemmed from an odd mix of caution and indifference.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
• It’s this armor of indifference, of not caring, of not having emotions that could be hurt.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
• Until now at least, the main emotion (or rather, its absence) felt here was indifference.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
• Just like with dismissal, a partner who feels overlooked may start to pull away emotionally or hesitate to initiate bids for connection, worried that their efforts will be met with indifference.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024