How to Use oblivious in a Sentence

oblivious

adjective
  • Chick is the live wire: the needy and oblivious one, the drama queen.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • Alas, his wry metaphor was lost on the oblivious heckler in the front-row.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Right, and the two of them are oblivious to Kendall’s distress.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
  • These dancers are oblivious to the rest of the world, their eyes locked on each other.
    — Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2019
  • As the crew heads back to the boat, Paris plays oblivious when asked if Ben touched her ass.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Maksym and Ivan were not oblivious to the danger in Bakhmut.
    — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Again, the parents seemed oblivious to the noise and did nothing to stop them.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And yet the story rolls on, oblivious and hare-brained.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • The bears themselves are, of course, oblivious to the contest.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Sandy is beaming, oblivious to both his man-purse and to the fine print on the package.
    — Shanti L. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The gesture seemed oblivious to the feelings of those left out.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The kids in Forry’s class were largely oblivious of the new rule.
    — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • There was the bartender, hired for the night to be oblivious to the on-premise activities, and the DJ.
    — Faylita Hicks, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Unlike the rest of my sweaty body, my curls seemed oblivious to the balmy weather.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 18 June 2018
  • The pandemic made that clear to even the most oblivious among us.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
  • The oblivious young lion was then in for quite the surprise.
    — Richie Hertzberg, National Geographic, 30 May 2018
  • Lily sits on a chair at the edge of the room, oblivious of everyone, singing to herself.
    — David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Caitylyn said most of the time 2-year-old Phoebe is happy at home and, at her age, oblivious to the virus.
    — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Your lives cry out against a style of life that is oblivious to its own real cost.
    — Vincent J. Miller, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The Amish aren't fully oblivious to the election noise.
    — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Cara thought the wine would make Karen seem more oblivious to what the kids were getting into.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 15 July 2019
  • The painting was atrocious, and my oblivious mother beamed and grinned and took a bow.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2023
  • But Beethoven was oblivious to the applause and his music.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • Within a month the two were engaged, oblivious to the 25 years between them.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • There’s cellphone guy in the corner, drinking who knows what, oblivious to the chaos around him.
    — Jeff Bailey, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Most of the crowd, standing further away, remained oblivious to the chaos.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2021
  • It’s the colleague with her head down, oblivious to the commotion around them.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Free bird redneck Mikey Day is tased and shot as the young couple breaks up, oblivious.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Before long, the wife lies on the bed with a peaceful expression on her face, on morphine and oblivious to the chaos that surrounds them.
    — Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
  • In the meantime, life continued as normal, with residents remaining largely oblivious as to the severity of what had happened just a couple of miles away.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025

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