6 sentences with 'neglect'
Example sentences and phrases with the word neglect and other words derived from it.
• « While Alexander the Great is a well-known figure in ancient history, the Hellenistic period as a whole is not. The reason for this relative neglect (in popular culture and in many history surveys, at least at the pre-university level) is that the Hellenistic period is overshadowed by what was happening simultaneously in the West: the rise of Rome. »
• « To rest on one's laurels: to abandon oneself after achieving success, to neglect what one has. Example: -You were always the best, but now... I think you're resting on your laurels. »
• « "We cram data down students' throats," says Richard Paul, director of a centre for learning to think critically. "But the essence of education is using information to deal with new situations and problems. We neglect this. »
• « Many diseases are caused by lack of hygiene, neglect in the application of vaccines, excess or shortage of food or poor quality food. »
• « Historians have described this lack of strict enforcement of the Navigation Acts as a salutary neglect. Moreover, nothing prevented the colonists from building their own fleet of ships to engage in trade. »