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  • Montresor assumed an air of indifference again.
  • Leaving aside the forgettable Mirage, FM's next most significant moment was 1987's Tango in the Night, the album that Buckingham rescued from the band's coked out indifference, at the cost of his own departure.
  • In the second week of August the government was obliged to answer accusations of negligence and indifference.
  • Those people who need others to confirm their sense of existence fear solitude and find nature's indifference to human beings unendurable.
  • She hid her true feelings behind a shield of cold indifference.
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  • The lad and devoted dad must overcome corruption and indifference as they strive to make it in the rarefied world of the concert musician without connections.
  • All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. 
  • Climate change in the same breath as greed and consumption, sounds like our man (as was) at the IPCC, Houghton, who believed that emissions reductions would save the planet from mankind's 'greed and indifference '. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • You try and gift something to the nation and meet a blank wall of bureaucratic indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference.
  • The cat purred with magnificent indifference and left via the flap Arthur had fitted so badly they'd had to employ a carpenter to put things right.
  • This gave the film an ethereal, otherworldly quality that drew critical praise and, again, commercial indifference.
  • There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust.
  • Yet he saw consequences the most unpleasant in this rumour of her attachment; and though he still privately hoped that the behaviour of Mandlebert was the effect of some transient embarrassment, he wished her removed from all intercourse with him that was not sought by himself, while the incertitude of his intentions militated against her struggles for indifference. Camilla
  • Her apparent indifference made him even more nervous.
  • One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties.
  • His indifference was a fuel to her hatred.
  • Her own brother Theo despised cats, the Major complained when Sidhi dug in his flower beds, Duncan treated him with polite indifference, Felicity pronounced him unsanitary, and Meg lived in a bed-sit in Kilburn with a landlady she described as ferocious—no good prospects there. All Shall Be Well
  • That is why it said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference, our apathy to act, our coldness in commitment.
  • His rumpled clothes showed his indifference to convention. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the West, his reserve with men had been labelled taciturnity or swollen-headeduess, which did not fit the case at all; whilst, in spite of his perfect manner towards them, his indifference to woman _en masse_ or in the individual was supreme and sincere. The Hawk of Egypt
  • Draw a vegetarian's indifference curve for meat and potatoes. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
  • Part of this indifference is down to the current disenchantment with mainstream politics. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is equally impossible that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
  • What distinguishes them is not the nature of the fraud but the technical means by which it is perpetrated, and this is a matter of indifference in English law.
  • The one who had been sitting on the doorstep feigning indifference while glancing sideways at us. Times, Sunday Times
  • Government indifference and racist violence did not break the movement - in fact it radicalised it.
  • `Upon his return from the wars the weary warrior is greeted by the indifference not to say hostility of an ingrate citizenry. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
  • But behind the latest official displays of concern lie the same indifference for the plight of the Asian masses.
  • But as it all went wrong yesterday they ended up having to feign indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • Amongst other things, people admired in him his indifference and unconcern; or, to express it in Greek, his meteoria and ablepsia. De vita Caesarum
  • He's a paradox in some ways. There is an air of indifference, but he really does care.
  • His indifference to cars was also reflected in the fact that as a young actor trying to make his way in London he was forced to make do with whatever was available - invariably the cast-offs of other actors.
  • Her apparent indifference to her disease was not only evident in the ten years before she had any recurrence of the trouble. Times, Sunday Times
  • That Bruno himself, in "the enthusiasm of the idea," drew from his axiom of the "indifference of contraries" the practical consequence which is in very deed latent there, that he was ready to sacrifice to the antinomianism, which is certainly a part of its rigid logic, the austerities, the purity of his own youth, for instance, there is no proof. Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance
  • One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties.
  • All concerned proceeded with general indifference to the constitutional issues involved.
  • Now, I would suggest to you that you re-read the dictionary definition of a "deist", and then tell me that you, if you can, as a thinking person, tell me that the description of the incident in Washington's letter even remotely resembles any "indifference" on the part of God. Texas Faith: How did our civil debate become so uncivil? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
  • People are not approaching them due to lack of education or indifference.
  • Too little skill, or inappropriate system, or CEO indifference, leads rapidly to cynicism.
  • That she was mentally ill should have set into motion a whole series of actions and reactions on the part of hospital and social services professionals–none of whom could be bothered to reach out to this woman and help her–a clear application of the term depraved indifference if I’ve ever heard it. Three good comments on the Rowland case
  • Women nationwide blame not only their Government for its unwatchful eye, but the international community for its indifference.
  • The honors, determined chiefly by the marks given at the end of the term, being mainly the reward of a diligence rather stupid than otherwise, as a rule were regarded with great indifference, and, for the most part, fell to the men who "poled" most assiduously, and got the best marks for attention, diligence, and correct recitation of the set tasks. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I
  • One is the risk that an industry will gain a reputation of indifference to public interest.
  • It is not a matter of indifference to Scots how the English elect to run their education system.
  • Such cuts are also an expression of cultural vandalism and philistine indifference.
  • And the country's indifference to trendy boutique hotels and splashy resorts — long the lament of global tourism professionals — is just what appeals to a more discerning clientele.
  • This thunderous indifference goes deeper still: sales of verse are pitiful. Times, Sunday Times
  • Here is the hardest question: How could the Administration have thought that it was safe to proceed in blithe indifference to the warnings of nearly everyone with operational experience in modern military occupations? Blind Into Baghdad
  • Could this disjointed style, this mixture of attention and indifference, which inclines you to take the picture piece by piece, have something to do with the clear sense of discrete personalities you get from it?
  • Although this little word pshaw must be allowed, according to all the rules of verbal criticism, to imply disbelief or indifference, yet, in the present case, it actually meant no such thing. Ashton Priory
  • I've had passing acquaintance recently with the greed and contemptuous indifference of some London landlords. Times, Sunday Times
  • There were not a few who saw things blackly in this respectand flayed the planlessness and heedlessness of the Reich's policies, andwell recognized their inner weakness and hollowness but these were onlyoutsiders in political life; the official government authorities passedby the observations of a Houston Stewart Chamberlain with the same indifferenceas still occurs today. Mein Kampf
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  • I'm always amazed with the ease and indifference that patrons shed their stinky workout gear and parade around starkers.
  • It's easy to interpret his angelic temper and indifference to human intrusion as friendliness.
  • With a plausible excuse, and seeming indifference, he gracefully opened conversation with the mantuamaker as only a Parisian can. Condensed Novels
  • It might be vanity, narcissism or just indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is also obvious, though, that the things we have put forward to tackle it have met complete indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • Without having first made this diversion, he would have found it impracticable to leave the house with tranquillity; but, when this bewitching philtre grew into an habit, her attachment to Ferdinand was insensibly dissolved; she began to bear his neglect with indifference, and, sequestering herself from the rest of the family, used to solicit this new ally for consolation. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
  • Public indifference to politics has given way to ridicule, contempt and scorn. Times, Sunday Times
  • From the first glimmerings of the idea of human rights in the UN Charter to its actual conception and final parturition in the declaration, it had to face indifference and hostility.
  • I think what got me most was their complete indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • Part of this indifference is down to the current disenchantment with mainstream politics. Times, Sunday Times
  • The superior glutton is the shark, -- that mouth with fins, that natatory intestine which swallows with equal indifference the dead and the living, flesh and wood, cleanses the waters of life and leaves a desert behind its wriggling tail; but this destroyer brings forth only one shark that is born armed and ferocious ready from the very first moment to continue the paternal exploits, like a feudal heir. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
  • Given the sorry state of the pets for sale in the weekend markets and the indifference of the local population, farangs as well as Thais, to scabrous stray animals this dream was put on hold.
  • What she wants or does not want is subsumed in absolute indifference and the great overarching project of finding the perfect negation of ego.
  • Public indifference to politics has given way to ridicule, contempt and scorn. Times, Sunday Times
  • She then closed up the hut and covered the few coals with ashes so that the fire would not die out entirely, just as a man does with his inner feelings; he covers them with the ashes of his life, which he calls indifference, so that they may not be deadened by daily contact with his fellows. The Social Cancer
  • The first two stanzas from his ode The Ancient Town of Leith are a wonderful example of his indifference to nearly everything - other than rhyme - that distinguishes poetry.
  • But this is the city which gave the world ‘Salaam Bombay,’ for it to salute the undying spirit of a metropolis which glories in its infinitely multipliable complementary contradictions: its grime and glitz, insularity and cosmopolitanism, arrogance and vulnerability, its indifference and unexpected caring.
  • Even more troubling, though, is the indifference the council has shown to what neuroscience tells us about bioethics itself.
  • Still, we should not equate war weariness (prevalent during both wars) with lack of will or indifference.
  • There can be no excuse for such indifference and lack of care about how some prisoners are treated.
  • Of course, he did not counsel indifference, let alone abstention, from the economic struggles of the working class.
  • With great indifference he saw his old crops depart for Coldstream.
  • Pair indifference to risk aversion did not last, and finally broke under 87.00 static area, also the short term ascendant trend line that was guiding price action in the hourly hart. FXstreet.com
  • Our change in values is not driven by indifference to crude radio shows, but the need to work longer and harder to live decently, which is rich in most of the world. Archive 2004-03-01
  • Immediately after we were introduced I began screaming at her, scolding her for unprofessional behavior, indifference, ungenerousness.
  • As was the case in World Wars I and II, we are up against sociopathic sub-humans who despise the common man, are capable of great cruelty brought on by their indifference to human misery and whose ultimate plan is to dehumanize and bestialize humanity. [fragmented society] the fish rots at the head
  • You try and gift something to the nation and meet a blank wall of bureaucratic indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • Traditionally, of course, pluralism in religious matters was deemed a sign of impiety and indifference to God's truth.
  • I've read everything this man has written, with delight: he can't stand crummy design, poor execution, or indifference to the end-user.
  • A philosopher simply couldn't play the game absent some basic facility with indifference curves, Edgeworth boxes, prisoners' dilemmas, maximin rational choice strategy, and related esoterica that had infiltrated the discussion.
  • Hebden's face had collapsed back into a mask of indifference and Mrs Jones shuffled past him without a second glance.
  • Second, his indifference to business proficiency as a qualification for his closest companions.
  • The president is resigned to public indifference to his latest initiative.
  • He wore casual team gear and an air of slight indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference and unconcern.Sentence dictionary
  • A mothers' movement perhaps could be based not so much on our shared values as on indifference to our unshared values.
  • Her apparent indifference to her disease was not only evident in the ten years before she had any recurrence of the trouble. Times, Sunday Times
  • She showed total indifference to his fate.
  • And now that the great beauty had publicly announced her indifference to Joyce's idol she had some sliver of hope. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
  • The name Susan is not the person Susan, but sometimes our minds fail to make such distinctions and we begin to act with indifference, sometimes meanness, toward those we have characterized by negative labels. THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN
  • Take that away, treat such feelings with indifference, even contempt, and recruitment will fall away.
  • Orchestras and opera companies battle on in the face of increasing evidence of public indifference and of diminishing investment.
  • My amiability, which is in many cases the result of indifference; my indulgency, which is sincere enough, and is due to the fact that I see clearly how unjust men are to one another; my conscientious habits, which afford me real pleasure, and my infinite capacity for enduring ennui, attributable perhaps to my having been so well inoculated by ennui during my youth that it has never taken since, are all to be explained by the circle in which I lived, and the profound impressions which I received. Recollections of My Youth
  • I've had passing acquaintance recently with the greed and contemptuous indifference of some London landlords. Times, Sunday Times
  • It might be vanity, narcissism or just indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • D darkness of calamity dash of eccentricity dawning of recognition day of reckoning daylight of faith decay of authority declaration of indifference deeds of prowess defects of temper degree of hostility delicacy of thought delirium of wonder depth of despair dereliction of duty derogation of character despoiled of riches destitute of power desultoriness of detail [desultoriness = haphazard; random] device of secrecy devoid of merit devoutness of faith dexterity of phrase diapason of motives [diapason = full, rich, harmonious sound] dictates of conscience difference of opinion difficult of attainment dignity of thought dilapidations of time diminution of brutality disabilities of age display of prowess distinctness of vision distortion of symmetry diversity of aspect divinity of tradition domain of imagination drama of action dream of vengeance drop of comfort ductility of expression dull of comprehension duplicities of might dust of defeat Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Per
  • All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. 
  • Not for the seal behind Calvin, not even for the man himself... just for the indifference, the complacency! THE LAST RAVEN
  • The true cause of its abscondence, as in so much else of his work, was undoubtedly that ultra-Bohemian quality of indifference which distinguished Diderot -- the first in a way, probably for ever the greatest, and, above all, the most altruistic of literary Bohemians. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
  • S----, a comfortable place very slightly disturbed by the fact that it had been already the scene of four battles; there was just this effect, as it seemed to me, that the affairs of the day were carried on with a kind of somnolent indifference .... The Dark Forest
  • This hypothesis generates an infinite set of indifference curves which are convex to the L axis.
  • The Bible has a lot to say about darkness - about human wickedness and savagery and indifference.
  • MPs are wound into a sticky web of bureaucratic indifference to other people's money. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was the prevailing confessional indifference, religious ignorance, and the neglect of Lutheran indoctrination by catechization, especially of the young. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
  • They all regard us with blithe indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • Executive fiats and judicial indifference are the hallmarks of a decaying democracy.
  • It was immediately succeeded by a blank look of indifference, yet beneath the assumption of indifference his eyes seemed to burn with a kind of slumbering hostility. The Hermit of Far End
  • To British ears, your claim not to read polls sounds like stolid indifference to public opinion, not moral strength and political courage.
  • When he occasionally raised his head, the look was one of stony-faced indifference to what was happening around him.
  • I argue that cultural indifference, chauvinism and racism pervade the classroom, posing particular challenges for anthropological pedagogy.
  • But the sentiment we have obeyed is too sincere to allow indifference to obtain entrance into our minds, or to prevent us from being painfully affected by the continuance of the conflict. France and America
  • What arouses his fanaticism and prompts his excesses is the contemptuous indifference with which his advances are met. The Times Literary Supplement
  • She should still feign indifference in the entire matter, no matter how deadly curious she was.
  • As best as he could, Thomas shrugged and his scowl gave way to feigned indifference.
  • He left the manuscript, however, in the hands of the family, possibly deeming, from their incuriosity, their apparent indifference to their relative, or their obvious unacquaintance with reading of any kind, manuscript or books, his deposit would be safe. Melmoth the Wanderer
  • Brana's (ph) uncle, Rashid, blames their deaths on what he calls the indifference the American troops who control Baghdad and on Saddam Hussein, who released tens of thousands of convicts before the war. CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2003
  • All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. 
  • What arouses his fanaticism and prompts his excesses is the contemptuous indifference with which his advances are met. The Times Literary Supplement
  • It is not news that we have depraved people among us; nor is it news that they like to taunt society with their combination of relish and indifference.
  • -- There were several well-jointured widows in the county where he resided, and also young ladies of family and fortune, but he never made the least overtures to any of them, and behaved with that indifference to the sex, that it was the opinion of all who conversed with him, that he never designed to marry again, when at the same time, he thought of nothing more than to find a partner in that state, such as promised to prove what he desired. Life's Progress Through The Passions Or, The Adventures of Natura
  • Comrades, we shall overthrow the government as true as there are fifteen intermediary acids between margaric acid and formic acid; however, that is a matter of perfect indifference to me. Les Miserables
  • Indifference to long nail-sharp spikes did not of course guarantee that one returned with a pullet.
  • Their slightest charities aggrandized, their failings easily forgiven and forgotten, inculpable colossi towering over their lessers, imposing themselves and shattering lives with a casual indifference born of self-affected ambition. Masked
  • But it may perhaps have been a matter almost of indifference to him, till you undertook its defence; then make it of consequence by rising in eagerness, in proportion to the insignificance of your object; if he can draw consequences, this will be an excellent lesson: if you are so tender of blame in the veriest trifles, how impeachable must you be in matters of importance! Letters for Literary Ladies: To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification
  • The determination of dangerousness is based on evidence, establishing at least one of the following patterns of behaviour: unrestrained behaviour that is likely to cause danger; aggressive behaviour with indifference as to its consequences; or behaviour that is "of such a brutal nature" (s. 753. (1) (a) (iii)) that ordinary standards of restraint will not control it. When is a dangerous offender NOT a dangerous offender?
  • Virtually announcing their indifference toward citizenship, tens of thousands of black and Mexican American youths adopted the zoot suit style, which many whites considered to be outrageous and lacking proper respectability. A Renegade History of the United States
  • All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. 
  • It was his record of blithe indifference to the magnitude of the challenge that helped lead us to vote for his opponent.
  • Which is redolent with the central tenets of surrealism that made Lamarkin swoon (“beauty will be convulsive or not at all.”), when it involved a deep awareness of the unconscious, before it became a synonym for indolence and an excuse for the dirty word of indifference. Nadja | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast
  • Only then will the road to glorious indifference be yours to take. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only thing she could do was to assume an air of indifference.
  • When he spoke, he's surrounded by his usual air of self-confidence, calm, indifference and superiority.
  • And what sort of woman was she anyway, to treat his Casanova habits with such casual indifference?
  • Who looks at the future with something other than indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • MPs are wound into a sticky web of bureaucratic indifference to other people's money. Times, Sunday Times
  • Parliament has what Puttnam calls a "benign indifference" to the arts. Arts spending will be vital for economic revival, says Lord Puttnam
  • There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust.
  • That there is no scientific evidence to support these claims is a matter of indifference to those who believe them.
  • Her apparent indifference made him even more nervous.
  • More than rage, it was a pity that filled me on seeing this callous indifference all around.
  • He regarded a foreign consul, with the right of exterritoriality, as a hostile force in the way of his ambitions, and, therefore, until he found that one was not to be bought or worried into indifference to the injustice perpetrated around him, he treated him as an enemy. The Autobiography of a Journalist
  • If international criticism or indifference does not arouse concern for how we look to others, what will?
  • The researchers who propound these theories and the doctors administering these treatments, by contrast, are regarded as courageous pioneers battling against official indifference and dogma.
  • Why do some public servants show such lazy and callous indifference to vulnerable citizens? The Sun
  • The indifference shown to the mortal remains of their own people did not bring any gains to the dictator or his country.
  • Yet this last, the cultivation of sublime indifference, may not be the easiest but the toughest way of all into the snob-free zone.
  • The lack of aid, bureaucratic indifference and outright corruption has fuelled widespread resentment and anger.
  • The exquisite taste in clothing of the Indian upper class is in sharp contradistinction to its complete indifference to the external appearance of houses and streets.
  • They all regard us with blithe indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the court did issue a stinging rebuke for what it calls their indifference to their constitutional duties. CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006
  • Whether the black poor live or die seems to merit only haughty disinterest and indifference.
  • In the wake of the terrible loss depicted in the film, the loss of a child, Malick offers coruscating images to remind us of this indifference. Rabbi David Wolpe: The Religious Meaning Of Malick's 'Tree of Life'
  • Admire our strategy when we feign indifference to what you call the pleasures of love, pretending even to be far removed from its sweetness, we augment the grandeur of the sacrifice we make for you, by it, we even inspire the gratitude of the authors of the very benefits we receive from them, you are satisfied with the good you do us. Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century
  • (he had held a much-envied shore appointment at the Ministry of Marine for a year preceding his retreat from his profession and from Europe), he possessed a latent warmth of feeling and a capacity for sympathy which were concealed by a sort of haughty, arbitrary indifference of manner arising from his early training; and by a something an enemy might have called foppish, in his aspect -- like a distorted echo of past elegance. The End of the Tether
  • This contagion was spreading at an alarming rate, thanks also to the society's growing yet harmful indifference.
  • The most destructive criticism is indifference. Edgar Watson Howe 
  • It is a well-accepted axiom that the software ‘industry’ grew largely because of government indifference, not its help.
  • She had developed a shell of indifference.
  • This takeover was greeted with indifference by city governments, and ineffective brutality by the police. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Ellis spoke with a casual indifference that he did not feel.
  • The more recent members of staff regard the change in corporate culture with a certain indifference.
  • How should she know that his indifference was often a victory over himself, as his amativeness was a defeat? The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
  • He said he was frustrated by people's indifference and lack of interest in the work of the town council.
  • Part of this indifference is down to the current disenchantment with mainstream politics. Times, Sunday Times
  • These explanations were, despite my best and more detailed efforts, met by indifference, glazed eyes and near hostility by my table mates.
  • However, the image I felt loyal to uphold was one of Stoic indifference nuanced in places by a kind of glibly cavalier attitude. Excerpt from De Imitatio Calembouri
  • The unsympathetic indifference of previously amiable females, the contempt of muscular males, the acceptance of fragments of bread, the simulated ignorance of casual acquaintances, the latration of illegitimate unlicensed vagabond dogs, the infantile discharge of decomposed vegetable missiles, worth little or nothing, nothing or less than nothing. Ulysses
  • With cold indifference, Mark knew it was only a prologue to what was to come later.
  • All the particulars I hear of it are that he retained his perfect senses to the last, and spoke with the same composedness and indifference on affairs as usual. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
  • Founded at Aberystwyth University in 1988, the label faced indifference and often hostility from the Welsh establishment for deviating from the conservative fare found at eisteddfodau (national festivals) broadcast by S4C (the Welsh-language channel). Label of love: Ankst
  • Earnhardt's death seems to have spawned a touch of indifference among the legions of loyal stock car racing fans.
  • You try and gift something to the nation and meet a blank wall of bureaucratic indifference. Times, Sunday Times
  • He personally rendered first aid to the wounded under heavy fire showing complete indifference to his own danger. Times, Sunday Times
  • Storeowners look to the suburbs with varying degrees of contempt, jealousy and indifference.
  • It is this callous indifference to human life on the part of the ‘disciples’ that he is alerting us to.
  • It is a matter of indifference to the designer of the tool whether particles are trapped within the catcher at the level of the groove or at the level of the slot.
  • It is possible to abhor the national anthems and the cod patriotism when ‘our’ athlete wins, and the indifference to the sporting achievements of other nations.
  • Between the two extremes of dogmatic adherence and blithe indifference to the text of the Constitution lies a reasonable and legal resolution.
  • A major reason for the seeming indifference is the cost of treatment.
  • her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man
  • Step 6: The judgment awakens feelings of joy, anger, indifference, etc.
  • I ran menial errands, tasted everything, and feigned indifference towards the whole process.
  • If David's preferences are represented by an indifference curve like U1 , would he choose to work for more than eight hours?
  • Most people's attitudes toward caterpillars are based on this sort of lowly image and range from distaste (for, say, large hornworms munching on tomatoes in the garden) to indifference (toward, say, buckeye larvae chomping on weeds).
  • At all events they carried a passport to indifference in the fact that they all wanted something, and it was clear to the meanest intelligence that they appeared to be more magnificent than they were, visions in dazzling complexions and long kid gloves, rattling up in third-class ticca-gharries, with a wisp of fodder clinging to their skirts. Hilda A Story of Calcutta
  • Public indifference is the accomplice of the corrupt. Times, Sunday Times
  • At that time my enthusiasm met a cold blast of indifference or hostility from most of the people I talked to about it.
  • Already, its callous indifference to the plight of the local population is fuelling growing resentment.
  • Then with the calmest indifference I arranged my collar and tie and glimpse at myself.
  • Terry rails against Jack's indifference and desperately tries to salvage some kind of relationship from the tangled chaos.
  • Behind bland phrases like ‘compassion fatigue’ is something worse, a steadily coarsening, increasingly stubborn indifference.
  • The studied indifference of the federal government increased disaffection among civil rights workers. Black activists especially became increasingly alienated.
  • What happens to the Russians, what happens to the Czechs, is a matter of utter indifference to me.
  • His eventual recourse to a standard of five argues indifference or insensibility.
  • This lack of indifference speaks volumes in itself. Times, Sunday Times
  • Julia listened to his retelling of the exchange, hoping that his inebriation would blind him to her indifference. THE HELLBOUND HEART

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