Example Sentences

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This hearts & flowers campaign does not always fall on unlistening ears.

From Time Magazine Archive

Did you know, beloved, at the last, in that intolerable heat, in that moment of supreme anguish, that he is unlistening, unhelpful as the stars, that you cried not to him?

From Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

The voices of his mother and sisters, raised at times in eagerness or expectation of the future, fell upon his unlistening ears.

From A First Family of Tasajara by Harte, Bret

So, at least, thinks the caravanserai-jee, who becomes anxious about it and tries to persuade them to come down; but he might as well attempt to summon down from above the unlistening clouds.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

Thus did Miss Stone give vent to her feelings to unlistening ears.

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg