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Meanings of callous indifference in English

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Usage of callous indifference in English
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Summoned by his call, Slade eyed the skeleton with callous indifference.
Bloom of Cactus
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For pure callous indifference their expression could not have been beaten.
The Lady of the Basement Flat
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At best, it produces a temporary emotional glow; at worst, callous indifference to moralizing.
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
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It is a land of pain and shame, of savage cruelty and callous indifference.
The Irish Times
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It might have hidden sullenness or mere callous indifference, or a perfect unconsciousness of sin.
The Old Wives' Tale
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He marvelled at her mother's attitude of callous indifference.
The Lamp in the Desert
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You must understand the callous indifference of the afterguard to realize its effect upon the foc'sle.
The Blood Ship
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Then they are amazed at the callous indifference of humanity to "great moral issues."
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
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He treated such places to a perfectly callous indifference, and regarded them merely as necessary evils.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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It was all very well for Meynell to show this levity, this callous indifference to the situation.
The Case of Richard Meynell
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A callous indifference to the instruction of the missionaries, except it was followed by some temporal benefit, prevailed.
Robert Moffat / The Missionary Hero of Kuruman
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Its appeal to the heart is direct end unequivocal, and nothing but callous indifference can resist its power.
Tales for Fifteen; Or, Imagination and Heart
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It would be one thing if their callous indifference and rank hypocrisy was benign, but it's not, Stewart said.
Reuters
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The unhandled sludge, of course, went straight into the local river for reasons of convenience, economy, and callous indifference.
The Nation's River: A report on the Potomac / From the U.S. Depa...
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His comrades in guilt, little impressed, apparently, by his fate, sat or reclined around his body in callous indifference.
Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
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He affected to be highly amused at her words, but behind the mask of callous indifference the man suffered.
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
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