How to Use apathy in a Sentence

apathy

noun
  • People have shown a surprising apathy toward these problems.
  • People have shown surprising apathy toward these important social problems.
  • Griffith is trying to get to the bottom of Kwan’s civic apathy.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Chargers are hemmed in by anger from the south and apathy from the north.
    Bill Plaschke, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • That's the problem with a prolonged spell of apathy like the one which has built around the club - after a while, people snap.
    SI.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • But at what point does even the county’s optimism run aground on the rocks of apathy?
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Time for those who had drifted away, in apathy and in anger, to return.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The war in Ukraine has, however, threatened to pierce some of that apathy.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The race has also brought out new donors who showed apathy toward the city’s politics in the past.
    Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Avoidance and apathy are keeping them in place, and there’s not much reason to think that will change.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There was, however, a deep sense of apathy about the appetite for change.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There was a big concern about apathy among the Democratic base with Biden and the double haters.
    Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • This sense of apathy pervades many in the state, where suicide is the second leading cause of death for people aged 25 to 32.
    Andrew Keiper, Fox News, 24 June 2018
  • Flat affect is the face of lethargy and voice of apathy: no eye rolling, no winking, no smirking.
    Gina Ryder, Glamour, 4 May 2018
  • Their apathy derived, in part, from the passage of time and a lack of proximity.
    Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This is not a season that inspires anger or rage, just apathy, which is maybe the worst indictment of all.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The thing about ‘68 that most resonates with our own time period is a lot of voter apathy.
    Time, 1 Aug. 2023
  • So the winners are likely to be small parties (Palmer will vote for the Brexit Party) and apathy.
    The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Ed Stefanski, for now A lot of times in sports when a team is struggling, the anger in the fan base either boils over or turns to apathy.
    Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2018
  • Reactions to the run range from disgust to outrage to amused apathy.
    Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The apathy of the public about the death of local news points toward possible problems in the future.
    Anthony Hennen, National Review, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Sam Greene/The Enquirer Sunday set up as the perfect storm of apathy.
    Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The only thing worse than Stanford’s on-court performance is the apathy that has come to engulf the program.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The bank’s shares reacted with apathy, falling a fraction of a percent on a day when most bank stocks rose.
    Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 11 June 2018
  • In this climate of law enforcement apathy, someone like Gebert, then, could slip through the cracks.
    Hannah Gais, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
  • But in a town that hasn’t seen a winner in quite a while, a little bit of anxiety beats apathy every time.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • Look right down that barrel and say, ‘Not today, apathy!
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Look right down that barrel and say, 'Not today, apathy!
    Debbie Day, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • There is obviously a ton of apathy towards the team right now.
    Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2018
  • Out from their hiding places, those dark corners of frustration, where they have been cloaked in anger and apathy.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019

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