How to Use apathetic in a Sentence

apathetic

adjective
  • Young people are becoming increasingly apathetic.
  • Surprisingly, most Americans are apathetic toward this important issue.
  • But contrary to popular belief, not all jocks are as apathetic as they are athletic. One such progressive player is Toni Smith, a college basketball player who turned her back on Old Glory every time the national anthem was played before her games last season. In a written statement, she cited America's systemic inequalities as her reason for not saluting the flag.
    Complex, June/July 2003
  • Even my rather apathetic husband lights up at the idea of one.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Of all the drinks, white wine was the most apathetic beverage.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2017
  • And that's what the dancer is supposed to be -- the storm that shakes these girls out of an apathetic way of being.
    Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 5 June 2018
  • Lyra’s attempt to erase and forget her past has forced her to don an apathetic face to the horrors of the world.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
  • An apathetic ruffle is one of the funnier wordless jokes that can be made.
    Katherine Bernard, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The polls show hefty numbers of Britons giving an apathetic shrug to the monarchy and the coronation.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Spades is not always a game for those of us who had to grow up proving ourselves to the more hip or more apathetic people in our lives.
    New York Times, 24 Feb. 2021
  • This was alarming in the sense that the Wild looked more apathetic than overmatched in their home opener.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The rest of the state, which includes swaths of apathetic voters, follow along or can do little to stop the onslaught.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The upscale part suffered from inconsistent food with no effort to break the apathetic pattern of rice and beans on the side.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The apathetic stepfather who abandoned him and his mom.
    Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The key to Newsom's fate will be whether apathetic Democrats bother to vote.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 23 Aug. 2021
  • He's got kind of an apathetic attitude toward the colorful side of the gay scene.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • But experts say there are ways to absorb and cope with the news without feeling overwhelmed or apathetic.
    Sarah Elizabeth Richards, National Geographic, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Some peoples are more concerned, and some are more apathetic.
    Frederick Daso, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Luckily, most of my peers were apathetic, but there were a few peers and teachers who had a problem with me.
    Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy, Allure, 23 June 2017
  • Today, Pat feels more apathetic about her lack of libido than ashamed about it.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 29 May 2019
  • Cameras in the room caught Democrats looking apathetic.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The reactions of the recipients, some of whom knew Pandy and some of whom did not, range from irate to apathetic.
    Tom Nolan, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
  • People have been apathetic about government, and the fact young people are speaking out is a wake-up call.
    Steven Lemongello, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But the overall climate, from the top down, is pretty lukewarm, if not apathetic.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2018
  • To drive the point home, true respect goes beyond mere apathetic politeness.
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • There‘s this stereotype about apathetic high schoolers that kind of don’t care about anything.
    Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
  • There have been enough labels put on Ertz, but ignorant or apathetic should not be among them.
    Zach Berman, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • And with that came the startling boom that shook a curious but somewhat apathetic fan base back into full consciousness.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2017
  • Activists on the ground say that Iranians are not apathetic, but will be boycotting the election.
    Fox News, 16 Feb. 2020
  • No need to wait for a broken Congress or an apathetic president to do something.
    Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Feb. 2018

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