How to Use ignore in a Sentence
ignore
verb
- She tried to ignore him but he wouldn't leave her alone.
- They ignored the warning signs.
- I'll ignore that last remark.
- If we continue to ignore these problems they will only get worse.
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Observers stared, laughed, yelled, and rushed to call the police, but the man ignored them.
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David Reamer | Alaska History,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 Sep. 2023
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When the first blow thudded across his back, So tried to ignore it.
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Timothy McLaughlin,
Washington Post,
3 Nov. 2023
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Over the last year, rising gas prices have been hard to ignore.
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Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2022
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Iger’s track record at Disney cannot be ignored–but he is not caught up in the past.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2024
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She’s always been there for the people who don’t have a voice, who get ignored, kicked to the curb.
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Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2023
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And yet, even compared to the Cup of Nations, the Asian Cup is largely ignored.
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Rory Smith,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2024
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Those, contrary to the plan, can safely be ignored, and are.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2024
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And so this song is about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.
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Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
1 May 2023
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And this is not to ignore other creators who have had a bad time.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2024
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Parker said he had been taught that the best way to deal with bullies was to ignore them.
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Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2022
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The fact that her family doesn’t talk to her is a red flag that should not be ignored.
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Jeanne Phillips,
The Mercury News,
29 May 2024
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There’s a reason most people ignore all their stuff in the cloud.
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Kashmir Hill,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2022
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Grab a trash bag and pick up just the trash; ignore everything else.
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Kc Davis,
SELF,
12 Oct. 2022
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In the mad rush to get ahead, Google can’t ignore Bard’s shortcomings.
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Quartz,
9 Feb. 2023
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The way this film has been made with the people who made it ... that’s difficult to ignore.
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Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Sep. 2022
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About 30% of them still plow ahead full-speed, ignoring the warnings.
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David Pogue,
CBS News,
13 Oct. 2024
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Sure, there are exotic dream weavers, such as Pagani and Koenigsegg, that ignore the sales siren of the ute.
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Mike Duff,
Car and Driver,
24 Nov. 2022
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Of course, teens 13 and older can simply ignore or opt out of the 60-minute default.
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Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
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But the process sweeps out negations as well, meaning most LLMs just ignore them.
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Max G. Levy,
Quanta Magazine,
12 May 2023
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For the second year in a row, the Clippers guard was not among the three finalists for the league’s Sixth Man of the Year award and the snub was too much to ignore.
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Janis Carr,
Orange County Register,
23 Apr. 2024
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That’s a warning Churchill Downs can’t afford to ignore.
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C.l. Brown,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
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As a note of warning, ignore fake keto BHB pills at all costs.
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Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
15 Dec. 2022
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The Tesla ignores this too, though the bus appears on screen as a flashing red truck — something the car must try to avoid.
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Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2024
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The full Moon of the 5th tunes you in to dreams, faraway places and vision quests—so ignore petty annoyances that are in the air.
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Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Feb. 2023
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Prison staff had ignored warning signs of his suicide, the lawsuit claims.
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Thomas C. Zambito,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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These orders mandate federal agencies to recognize only two sexes, ignoring the medical and scientific consensus that gender is a spectrum.
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David Kilmnick,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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