All 50 Uses of
indifferent
in
An American Tragedy
- As they sang, this nondescript and indifferent street audience gazed, held by the peculiarity of such an unimportant-looking family publicly raising its collective voice against the vast skepticism and apathy of life.†
Chpt 1
- And now units of this vagrom and unstable street throng, which was forever shifting and changing about them, seemed to sense the psychologic error of all this in so far as these children were concerned, for they would nudge one another, the more sophisticated and indifferent lifting an eyebrow and smiling contemptuously, the more sympathetic or experienced commenting on the useless presence of these children.†
Chpt 1
- But he—— "They seemed a little more attentive than usual to-night, I thought," commented Griffiths to his wife as they walked along, the seductive quality of the summer evening air softening him into a more generous interpretation of the customary indifferent spirit of the passer-by.†
Chpt 1
- But seeing that at the moment he was actually in need of help, and being satisfied that Clyde might be of service, he led him into his small office under the stair, where, with a very superior manner and much actual indifference, he proceeded to question him as to his parentage, where he lived, at what he had worked before and where, what his father did for a living—a poser that for Clyde, for he was proud and so ashamed to admit that his parents conducted a mission and preached on the…†
Chpt 1
- Indeed, up to this time, Clyde would not have imagined that a parent like Mrs. Ratterer could have been as lackadaisical or indifferent as she was, apparently, to conduct and morals generally.†
Chpt 1
- How liberal and indifferent.†
Chpt 1
- "Ain't that too bad?" she commented, a little indifferently and superiorly now that she realized that she was his preference.†
Chpt 1
- And Louise Ratterer looked a little puzzled and indifferent, too.†
Chpt 1
- But the thing that pained him most was the seeming indifference of Hortense now that he had made it clear that he liked her.†
Chpt 1
- But on seeing her again, a cold indifference in everything she said and did, his courage failed him and he could not think of severing the tie.†
Chpt 1
- And so, by degrees, his attitude toward her hardened in some measure, though his feeling was not one of indifference either.†
Chpt 1
- She had a most entrancing way of pursing and parting her lips and at the same time looking straightly and indifferently before her, as though she were not thinking of him, which to him was both flame and fever.†
Chpt 1
- She had not favored him so very much—had for the most part treated him indifferently.†
Chpt 1
- It brought to him a sense of her fickleness—the probability of her real indifference to him.†
Chpt 1
- He stood to one side, seemingly indifferent.†
Chpt 1
- Probably one could not attain to or retain one's place in so remarkable a world as this unless one were indifferent to sex, a disgraceful passion, of course.†
Chpt 2
- As he laid the letter before her, he noticed that her quite severe and decidedly indifferent expression changed and became not so much friendly as awed.†
Chpt 2
- And although thus far no single member of this family other than his chill cousin had troubled to meet him, and that at the factory only, and although he had been so indifferently assigned to the menial type of work that he had, still he was elated and uplifted.†
Chpt 2
- For having already inspected Clyde's room, which was above his own on the third floor, in Clyde's absence and having discovered that he had only a dress suit case and no trunk, and apparently no dress suit anywhere, he had decided that in spite of Clyde's father conducting a hotel and Clyde having worked in the Union League Club in Chicago, he must be very indifferent to social equipment.†
Chpt 2
- One related to the attitude of the Griffiths themselves, which, apart from that of Gilbert, was not one of opposition or complete indifference, so much as it was a failure on the part of Samuel Griffiths in the first instance and the others largely because of him to grasp the rather anomalous, if not exactly lonely position in which Clyde would find himself here unless the family chose to show him at least some little courtesy or advise him cordially from time to time.†
Chpt 2
- It might be, as it plainly was, that this youth was very superior and indifferent in tone toward him.†
Chpt 2
- At the same time, as he also noticed, the look of Bertine Cranston, who was only interested in youths of means and position, changed from one of curiosity to marked indifference.†
Chpt 2
- He smiled and put a very cordial note into his voice, and once more Clyde felt that, whatever Gilbert Griffiths' attitude might be, most certainly his father was not wholly indifferent to him.†
Chpt 2
- To the other employees it might appear that he was unduly indifferent to the meaning of such a relationship.†
Chpt 2
- And over all the factory, especially around two, three and four in the afternoon, when the endless repetition of the work seemed to pall on all, a practical indifference not remote from languor and in some instances sensuality, seemed to creep over the place.†
Chpt 2
- From time to time he could not resist drawing near to these very girls who were most bent on tempting him, although in the face of their looks and nudges, not very successfully concealed at times, he maintained an aloofness and an assumed indifference which was quite remarkable for him.†
Chpt 2
- And though for quite a while at first Roberta appeared or pretended to be quite indifferent to or unconscious of him, still from the very first this was not true.†
Chpt 2
- His father was not as able as this, his great uncle—his mother (might Heaven keep her) not as distinguished or as experienced as his cold, superior, indifferent aunt.†
Chpt 2
- Could he not, for the time being at least, endure the further indifference of the Griffiths?†
Chpt 2
- She merely awakened sufficiently to ask a few questions about the trip—and those were casual and indifferent.†
Chpt 2
- The mere thought brought her to a sitting posture in bed, where distractedly a vision of Clyde looking indifferently and coldly upon her came to her.†
Chpt 2
- The misery of his indifference.†
Chpt 2
- And this, in spite of the present indifference of the Griffiths, caused him to walk with even more of an air than had hitherto characterized him.†
Chpt 2
- He had been indifferent to her in the beginning when she had tried to cultivate him and he had remained so.†
Chpt 2
- It's nice to see you again," she drawled, the while her greenish-gray eyes went over him in a smiling and yet indifferent and quizzical way.†
Chpt 2
- Clyde was by no means so sure, but he admired the easy, shallow way in which Stuart laughed and showed his even white teeth—a quick, genial, indifferent laugh.†
Chpt 2
- However, by reason of his own charm, he soon managed to overcome the sense of strangeness and hence indifference in some quarters, more particularly the young women of the group who were interested by the fact that Sondra Finchley liked him.†
Chpt 2
- She talked slowly and indifferently.†
Chpt 2
- Indeed so infatuated was he with her ways and airs, that instead of being irritated by her pretended indifference, he was all the more attracted.†
Chpt 2
- But if you'll just be nice and sort of indifferent—you know—I may be able to see quite a little of you this winter yet.†
Chpt 2
- Her manner was listless and her movements indifferent—a change which Clyde noticed; but still, because of his sudden and desperate feeling for Sondra, he could not now bring himself to repent.†
Chpt 2
- It was thus that he continued to speculate while Roberta, preceding him to her room, was asking herself what was this now that had so suddenly come upon her—over Clyde—this sudden indifference, this willingness to break a pre-Christmas date, and when she was about to leave for home and not to see him for three days and over Christmas, too, to make him not wish to ride with her even so far as Fonda.†
Chpt 2
- Yet Clyde could see that although his gift was exceptional, still it was not sufficient to overcome the depression which his indifference had brought upon her.†
Chpt 2
- And Clyde becoming indifferent to her.†
Chpt 2
- And his attitude at the factory was more remote and indifferent than ever.†
Chpt 2
- And he was in this estranged and indifferent mood.†
Chpt 2
- If he would only not be so indifferent to her!†
Chpt 2
- Yet, simultaneously, his very recent and yet decidedly compelling indifference dictating, he was almost ready now to assume that this might be little more than a ruse or lovelorn device or bit of strategy intended to retain or reënlist his interest in spite of himself—a thought which he was only in part ready to harbor.†
Chpt 2
- And Roberta, for the first time forsaken in this rather casual and indifferent way, and in such a crisis as this, returned to her room with her thoughts and fears, more stricken and agonized than ever before she had been in all her life.†
Chpt 2
- And this fact, even in the face of his previous indifference, was sufficient to soften her mood in regard to him.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(indifferent) without interestin various senses, including:
- unconcerned -- as in "She is indifferent to what is served to eat."
- unsympathetic -- as in "She is indifferent to his needs."
- not of good quality (which may imply average or poor quality depending upon context) -- as in "an indifferent performance"
- impartial -- as in "We need a judge who is indifferent."