How to Use neglect in a Sentence

neglect

1 of 2 verb
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  • The city has neglected the teacher shortage for too long.
  • The building has been neglected for years.
  • The prison guard neglected his duty.
  • But don’t neglect to flour them, which will help thicken the sauce.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
  • So keep in shape, sure, but don’t neglect your mental health.
    — Ellis Rosen, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Women read books to the point of neglecting to get married.
    — The Rachel Weisz Gay Index, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2023
  • One voice often neglected in all this is that of the Lebanese public.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
  • And like the mothers in the new research, Roberts has neglected her own routine health care.
    — Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Those humans, a trio of wealthy, aimless 20-somethings, tend to regard Tica the dog with a range of pity and neglect.
    — Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The constant tension has led him to lose sleep, take up smoking for the first time and neglect his diet.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Also, don’t neglect other lubrication ports, such as the small one near the tip of the bar.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • But Israel cannot neglect other fronts in the meantime.
    — Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2023
  • And plots and spots for people of color, if not barred outright, were pushed to the margins and neglected.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Above all, don’t neglect the importance of doing what’s best for you.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The government neglected the warnings, telling the Supreme Court that the widened road was crucial to the nation’s defense.
    — Shams Irfan, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Spanning 2,000 square feet, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home had been neglected for many years.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Decades of neglecting the muscles in the arch, the stretch of our Achilles, and the flexibility of our toes mean that our feet have a lot of relearning to do.
    — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The park was another new one: Before the riverbed was cleaned and its banks strengthened, this place was neglected, overgrown with reeds.
    — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Time to dust off my old electronic keyboard, neglected in my closet for the better part of a decade.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Baur is charged with being a party to the crime of neglecting a child and two counts of obstructing an officer.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • At the union of these disparate interests was a passionate belief that the jaw had been neglected in the world of dance and that the rest of the body had been neglected in the world of dentistry.
    — Lauren Oyler, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Invaluable, rather, so it couldn’t be neglected or pushed around.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Odell, who moved to Colombia in the 1990s to write and produce projects, understands the nuance of a business that has neglected the Latino market.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The mother of the 6-year-old boy, Deja Taylor, was sentenced in December to two years in prison after pleading guilty to felony child neglect.
    — Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Sheer neglect as much as war or fire could have destroyed the library during the centuries when Rome gained precedence and Alexandria crumbled.
    — Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The piece itself may well be en route to becoming justly neglected.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • Carolyn disputed claims from the book that Bob had neglected or shunned Desi.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • To circumvent the minefield is to neglect the person who somehow sleepwalked their way to its center.
    — Joseph Lezza, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2023
  • While neglecting schoolwork for a social life is a recipe for disaster, the opposite is true as well.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The consequences of neglecting this are evident in the volatile valuations of even the most high-profile brands.
    — Harrison Wise, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
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neglect

2 of 2 noun
  • The house is in a state of neglect.
  • The parents were charged with child neglect.
  • The park was overgrown and littered from years of neglect.
  • Both Fields and McGuire were booked into jail on one count of child neglect.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
  • Two 10-year sentences on two charges of child neglect were dropped in a plea deal, per court records.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Rates of child abuse and neglect are five times as high in poor families.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Neighbors, angered by Grayson’s death, told The Star there were warning signs of neglect or abuse over the years the two lived in the building.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But as the industry plays catchup after years of neglect, what does that look like?
    — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
  • She’s charged with two counts of Class A felony child abuse or neglect and two counts of felony child endangerment.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • While some were concerned Indigo's thirst was a sign of neglect, Kostecki says that's not the case at all.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • And a Virginia mother has been charged with child neglect after a 6-year-old shot a teacher.
    — Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Lewis said the state terminated their parental rights on the grounds of longstanding abuse and neglect.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Taylor was charged with felony child neglect in April, and pleaded guilty in August.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Will the clashing worlds of affluent neglect and working life lead to the collapse of their romance?
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher earlier this year was sentenced to two years in a Virginia prison for child neglect.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Taylor pleaded guilty to a felony count of child neglect as part of a deal with prosecutors in state court in August.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Vang was also arrested on a charge of child neglect, per online court records.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Over time, though, both the vintage roadside sign with the flashing neon arrow and the fiberglass pig perched on the restaurant’s roof had started to show signs of their years of neglect.
    — Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As part of the agreement, 46-year-old Osborne's second count of neglect of a dependent was dismissed.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Shane Osborne was charged with dangerous control of a firearm and two counts of neglect of a dependent.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, was sentenced to two years in prison on state child neglect charges on Friday.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
  • He was charged with one count of first degree reckless homicide, three counts of chronic neglect of a child and one count of failure to report the death of a child, per court records.
    — Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor was charged in April with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly storing of a firearm.
    — Ben Finley, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In extreme cases, a child's welfare can suffer from this parental neglect.
    — Lauren Pardee, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The history of the cemetery’s neglect begins with the disappearance of the Black community, which moved to cities to find jobs.
    — Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, a Virginia mother was charged with felony child neglect after her 6-year-old son acquired her gun and shot his teacher.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Barnetts, who later divorced, were charged with neglect of a dependent.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • The 6-year-old’s mother, Deja Taylor, was charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of reckless storage of a firearm.
    — Ben Finley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • She too was booked into jail on charges of hindering prosecution and failing to report child abuse or neglect.
    — The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Taylor was punished as a result of his actions, but her crimes were child neglect, possessing a firearm while being a drug user and lying on a background check.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024

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