People whined about taxes and conscription, as they always have; but there was an emptiness beneath the apathetic passion play of politics.
Stephen King
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
Christ, the Holy Spirit, Him! … 3rd December Awoke late, read the Scriptures but was apathetic.
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace
It was, after all, his wedding night, and the dazed and apathetic thing sitting lumpishly on the other side of the fire was his blushing bride.
King, Stephen
The Stand
On the fourth night after Hedwig’s departure Harry was lying in one of his apathetic phases, staring at the ceiling, his exhausted mind quite blank, when his uncle entered his bedroom.
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
But Abdulla was apathetic.
T. E. Lawrence
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
He said no word of his intention to Ralph—only to Flora, and Flora, apathetic, raised no objection.
Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Nately had spent the last thirty-two hours at twenty dollars an hour with the apathetic whore he adored, and he had nothing left of his pay or of the lucrative allowance he received every month from his wealthy and generous father.
Heller, Joseph
Catch-22
Come on!” He hustled on his overcoat, and bustled about in a way that showed that an energetic fit had superseded the apathetic one.
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet
“Then you rail against the apathetic electorate.
Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune