Example Sentences

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Certainly there are other years or periods in which stupidity or heedlessness brought civilization in general close to eradication.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2021

The cascade of cases carries an unavoidable sense of Greek tragedy, of characters finally dragged down by their own heedlessness.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2020

He spied in their ambition, in their enthralment with the capacities of computers, the wide-eyed heedlessness that remains Silicon Valley’s Achilles heel.

From Nature • Sep. 15, 2020

Mr. Vyse’s latest book, “Superstition: A Very Short Introduction,” is an example of destiny’s heedlessness of everyday human concerns.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2020

Its activities had saved the fruit growers several millions of dollars a year, but in a moment of heedlessness the benefit was canceled out.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson