Shes not entirely careless about her physical well being, but the doughnuts represent a certain heedlessness in her desire to appease her appetites. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Strout - An interview with author] Reference
This is the true philosophy of most of what is called heedlessness in children, and for which, poor things, they receive so many harsh reprimands and so much punishment. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind] Reference
In a kind of heedlessness, for which I cannot blame myself enough, I have, I have no doubt, mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Dombey and Son] Reference
But the inherited trait that shows more prominently is a kind of heedlessness, a stubborn belief that the Kennedys can live above the rules. From Wordnik.com. [The Camelot Curse] Reference
"Well, and you'll all be disappointed," said Hervey with a kind of heedlessness that nettled his scoutmaster. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Slade on Mystery Trail] Reference
The scales of heedlessness have fallen from our eyes. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Through heedlessness men fail to obtain a sight of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
I hope you will excuse her heedlessness in this place. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891] Reference
But why, O king, shouldst thou be guilty of heedlessness? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
And thus he excused his flout by the heedlessness of the man he flouted. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
Thou shouldst bear me without heedlessness, and with penances and prowess. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
From such heedlessness proceed dire atheism and systematic wickedness of conduct. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Of what avail would then the distinction be between heedfulness and heedlessness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
In one case, Yorick errs through whim, in the other, merely through heedlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
I never, in heedlessness, addressed any disagreeable or evil speech to my husband. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
The proprietors were not to blame; it was simply the child's heedlessness, they said. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
Let no danger overtake thee on thy way, and let no heedlessness be thine, O sinless one. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Ignorance is the root of that tree, and heedlessness is the water that gives it sustenance. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
There is, in this world, no more powerful cause of death, as regards men, than heedlessness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
And it so happened that one day the cat, in a moment of heedlessness, was caught in the snare. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
There is a right way; but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
A person serving the king cannot (with impunity) be guilty of heedlessness in doing the king's work. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
But Peggy had already grown wise to the folly -- yes, rank heedlessness -- on board the other launch. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
His heedlessness may move the king to wrath, and such wrath may bring down destruction (on the servant). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Indeed, a servant who desires to win prosperity should never display heedlessness in the discharge of his duties. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Thy nature portrays the courage of thy sires; none has conquered thee, only thine own heedlessness has hurt thee. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
The destruction of intelligence is followed by heedlessness that is at once destructive of both Virtue and Wealth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The Destroyer that dwells within error and heedlessness will very soon deprive thy senses of their respective powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Such a king when injured falls upon the injurer like the hawk swooping down upon its prey, in moments of heedlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Almost from infancy, he was distinguished for the gravity of his deportment, and his utter heedlessness of small things. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
The dangers of wind or flood check heedlessness in the choice of location for the home and foster prudence and foresight. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
Hunger and thirst imperiously check the tendency to laziness, or heedlessness, and stimulate to industriousness and prudence. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
He, on the other hand, who is destitute of wisdom suffers himself, in consequence of his heedlessness, to be over-reached by the wise. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Out of heedlessness, they trod upon the worms and the frogs, and killed them without caring for the pain and suffering which they caused. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference
Some heedlessness in the custodians, too eager to go home and feast or sleep, or too drowsy to know whether they turned the keys aright, had left one of the doors unlocked. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
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