Example Sentences

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I posed the question as disinterestedly as possible, but it was clear I wasn’t asking for a friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Humans are not only reasoning beings who disinterestedly weigh evidence and arguments.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2018

There were flocks of sodden sheep and lone cows staring disinterestedly out to sea.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2015

But Gruson’s real problems arose from his efforts—by the CIA’s own declassified accounts—to report disinterestedly.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2015

“Try ‘in the Tehlin’s cassock,’ ” I suggested disinterestedly.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss