Example Sentences

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He manfully and patiently  bore adverse criticisms, ridicule, forgetfulness, and inappreciation, while, so far from renouncing his theoretical views, he tenaciously clung to them to his dying day.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

He was almost compelled to confine himself to a bare recital of facts, for he had reason to know that, at the end of his task, public inappreciation was awaiting him.

From Stories Of Georgia by Harris, Joel Chandler

For the third time he parted from her to go off to the wars, more impressed than ever by the sense of his inappreciation of her virtues.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

I was fortunate that I never contracted any serious maladies; perhaps if I had been plagued by viruses I would not have viewed the routine blood tests with such disdainful inappreciation.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann

Somehow, this stolidity and inappreciation of the peril the girl had so recently escaped, made Hiram feel sudden indignation.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.