Disregard

Examples

• Lestrade knew my friend too well to disregard his words. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I professed from the first to disregard dates. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mother, think better of this, and of me, and do not disregard the happiness of which you seem to think so little. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In one group, it may be met by recourse to fisticuffs, in another by a challenge to a duel, in a third by an exhibition of contemptuous disregard. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In such minds, disregard of religion is a more fearful treason,--a more deadly sin. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The Confederate assaults were made with such a disregard of losses on their own side that our line of tents soon fell into their hands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The most noteworthy point in a modern view is the disregard of women as citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• How could his will be disregarded? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He disregarded all social traditions, and drew his officers from every class. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ankle was disregarded. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Mine now fell, disregarded by me, down my pale cheek. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I still remained in the gloomy first classe, forgetting, or at least disregarding, rules I had never forgotten or disregarded before. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• By this means the attention of the public was fixed on that paper, and Keimer's proposals, which we burlesqued and ridiculed, were disregarded. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Poor Isaac was hurried off accordingly, and expelled from the preceptory; all his entreaties, and even his offers, unheard and disregarded. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect, he continued, disregarding my remonstrance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She destroyed her prestige by disregarding her own teaching of righteousness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I still remained in the gloomy first classe, forgetting, or at least disregarding, rules I had never forgotten or disregarded before. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• So all I've come about, is jest this here,' said Sam, disregarding the interruption; 'first, to give my governor's notice--there it is. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Disregarding my presence, she went straight to her uncle and passed her hand over his head with a sweet womanly caress. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He turned upon his heel, disregarding the trembling hand which the other held out to him, and we set off for King's Pyland. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The report is an attempt to deal with a sexual problem by disregarding its source. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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