2634 examples of indifferences in sentences

No one could be less like Burke than Horace Walpole, a cynical observer, who piqued himself on indifference, and especially on a superiority to the vulgar belief in the merits and attractions of kings and princes.

Every thing else is a matter of indifference.

There was a general indifference to lofty speculation.

By these means the evidence, of which we had now lost the use, might be restored; indifference might be fanned into warmth; commercial calculation might be overpowered by justice; and abolition, rising above the reach of the cry of regulation, might eventually triumph.

Of permanent, lasting value much of his verse undoubtedly is, but not all of it will escape the indifference of posterity or the measuring-rod and censure, it may be, of the future critic.

The Americans declared they could not see with indifference any state other than Spain in possession of Cuba, and further their disposition to interpose their power should war be conducted in Cuba in a devastating manner, and with a view to the excitement of a servile war.

in seeing Pylades and Bathyllus dance before them in their theatresan indifference of which we were reminded on hearing that the Parisians sat in the Cafés on the Boulevard du Italienssipping coffee and sucking down ice, during the capitulation of the city, and while the French, killed and wounded, were conveyed along the road before them.

In short, we must not become slaves to either indifference or impatience, but must make it our business to play a man's part in life.

And it may seem that the Opposition (for the affair was made a party question) can hardly be acquitted of a discreditable indifference to the dignity of the House in supporting a resolution of Colonel Barré, that "Jeremiah Weymouth, the dn of this kingdom, is not a member of this House."

At first a painful despondence owing to the dreary prospect of another year's cruise to the south seemed painted in every countenance; till by degrees they resigned themselves to their fate with a kind of sullen indifference.

These sounds were not uttered by men afraid of death, for they showed the most stoical indifference, but were the long-suppressed utterances of dying souls, who, in the bitterness of their hearts, cursed those who had been instrumental in condemning them to this shameful end.

Paredes lounged on the divan, smoking with easy indifference.

Turkish etiquette exacts the most rigid indifference on the part of the Sovereign, who, on all public occasions, never makes a greeting.

The Sultan sat quietly during all this time, his face expressing a total indifference to all that was going on.

Then, every dog barked at me, and all the horde of human creatures who prey upon innocent travellers ran at my heels, but now, with my brown face and Turkish aspect of grave indifference, I was suffered to pass as quietly as my donkey-driver himself.

They are passed by with some indifference when the most perfect of them all has been seen first.

But Milton drew the line of liberty at what he calls 'neighbouring differences, or rather indifferences.'

Olga had learned from Georgette, who had got it from Titine, that notes had passed between Hermia and Markham, for Georgette, whatever the indifference of her successes as a hairdresser, had a useful skill at surreptitious investigation.

Or of indifference?

She had not the suavity of her indifferences.

As a virtuous wife she first dismisses the young man, and when in her weakness she recalls him she is forced to treat him with indifference and coldness, since she knows that her husband is overhearing their conversation.

The news of this capture and the part the telegraph played gave striking proof of the utility of the new invention, and public skepticism and indifference were overcome.

" Congress Becomes InterestedWashington to Baltimore Line ProposedFailure to Secure Foreign PatentsLater Indifference of CongressLean YearsSuccess at LastThe Line is BuiltThe First Public MessagePopularity.

But the great work of introducing this new wonder to the public, of overcoming indifference and skepticism, of securing financial support sufficient to erect a real line, still remained to be done.

"My God," he cried, "it talks!" Skepticism and indifference were at an end among the judges, and they eagerly followed the example of the Emperor.

2634 examples of  indifferences  in sentences