apathetically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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When the demoralized colleagues do show up, they perform apathetically.
From New York Times • May 16, 2020
At lunch, Stourton writes, Clark “was munching his smoked salmon rather apathetically when Attenborough used the word ‘civilization.’
From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2016
We can continue on our present course, apathetically letting the world go over the edge, or we can try in vain to slow or stop the momentum of 200 years of industry.
From Scientific American • Apr. 4, 2013
“This was the first time we saw him actually — apathetically — using his power to completely, soullessly dominate another human being,” writes Shaunna Murphy at Hollywood.com.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012
He gestured to the hippocampi, who were bonking their heads apathetically against the glass.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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