How to Use apathy in a Sentence

apathy

noun
  • People have shown surprising apathy toward these important social problems.
  • But apathy is a tough stain to get out.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • If the passion wanes, apathy can set in.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Apart from apathy, that’s the big stumbling block.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Time for those who had drifted away, in apathy and in anger, to return.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The Chargers are hemmed in by anger from the south and apathy from the north.
    — Bill Plaschke, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The first big symptom is apathy.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • When anger starts turning into apathy, that’s a bad sign.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Maybe the game doesn’t die in corruption but in the apathy of those who stop caring.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • But at what point does even the county’s optimism run aground on the rocks of apathy?
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • There was, however, a deep sense of apathy about the appetite for change.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • For their part, the Duffers never reached that point of apathy.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • He was supposed to be the antidote to the apathy.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • There’s already enough apathy within the fan base after this year.
    — William Guillory, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Disengagement can be a sign of growth rather than apathy.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • But don’t mistake that aversion for the media for apathy.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • 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
  • The floor spattered with boredom and apathy.
    — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the uptick in turnout, voter apathy is still widespread.
    — John Tedesco, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2018
  • His tone shouldn’t be mistaken for apathy.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • There is obviously a ton of apathy towards the team right now.
    — Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2018
  • Griffith is trying to get to the bottom of Kwan’s civic apathy.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The apathy played into his firing eight days later.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • His edges may be tougher than some of his country singing peers, but his bad boy apathy was synonymous with rudeness.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2018
  • The war in Ukraine has, however, threatened to pierce some of that apathy.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Instead of anger, there is a sense of overwhelm and apathy at the scale and the ubiquity of online risks.
    — Erin Nicholson, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025

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