How to Use oblivious in a Sentence

oblivious

adjective

• Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 23 June 2021
• Out on the ice, D.’s oblivious to how the tide is turning.
  — Ed Park, The Cut, 6 Mar. 2018
• Alas, his wry metaphor was lost on the oblivious heckler in the front-row.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Right, and the two of them are oblivious to Kendall’s distress.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
• These dancers are oblivious to the rest of the world, their eyes locked on each other.
  — Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2019
• As the crew heads back to the boat, Paris plays oblivious when asked if Ben touched her ass.
  — Emma Soren, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
• Dug and his pals are oblivious to the future and dimly aware of the past.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
• Maksym and Ivan were not oblivious to the danger in Bakhmut.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Jake was oblivious to the heat, and cranked in fish after fish.
  — Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
• Again, the parents seemed oblivious to the noise and did nothing to stop them.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
• And yet the story rolls on, oblivious and hare-brained.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
• The bears themselves are, of course, oblivious to the contest.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
• Sandy is beaming, oblivious to both his man-purse and to the fine print on the package.
  — Shanti L. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• The gesture seemed oblivious to the feelings of those left out.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
• The kids in Forry’s class were largely oblivious of the new rule.
  — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
• There was the bartender, hired for the night to be oblivious to the on-premise activities, and the DJ.
  — Faylita Hicks, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2020
• Unlike the rest of my sweaty body, my curls seemed oblivious to the balmy weather.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 18 June 2018
• The pandemic made that clear to even the most oblivious among us.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
• The oblivious young lion was then in for quite the surprise.
  — Richie Hertzberg, National Geographic, 30 May 2018
• Lily sits on a chair at the edge of the room, oblivious of everyone, singing to herself.
  — David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
• Caitylyn said most of the time 2-year-old Phoebe is happy at home and, at her age, oblivious to the virus.
  — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• Your lives cry out against a style of life that is oblivious to its own real cost.
  — Vincent J. Miller, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
• The Amish aren't fully oblivious to the election noise.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2020
• Cara thought the wine would make Karen seem more oblivious to what the kids were getting into.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 15 July 2019
• The painting was atrocious, and my oblivious mother beamed and grinned and took a bow.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2023
• But Beethoven was oblivious to the applause and his music.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
• Then again, maybe Trump was oblivious to the meeting that took place in Trump Tower.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 July 2017
• Within a month the two were engaged, oblivious to the 25 years between them.
  — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
• Many kids want to keep playing at the park or in the pool, totally oblivious to the fact that their parents are desperate to sit in front of the AC for a few minutes.
  — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 June 2025
• The client is oblivious and grateful for an average price that is better than the closing price, even as the execution was sub-optimal.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 June 2025