Examples of dispassion in a Sentence
She viewed the problem with the weary dispassion of a police officer who had seen everything.
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In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for dispassion
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“Dispassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispassion. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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