Examples of 'turned a blind eye' in a sentence
Meaning of "turned a blind eye"
Turned a blind eye refers to the act of deliberately ignoring or pretending not to notice something, usually an undesirable or unethical action. It implies avoiding taking action or responsibility, often to avoid trouble or confrontation. This phrase suggests knowingly overlooking a situation or turning a blind eye to something that should have been addressed or dealt with
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- simple past tense and past participle of turn a blind eye
How to use "turned a blind eye" in a sentence
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turned a blind eye
I have turned a blind eye to many things.
Germany knew and turned a blind eye.
I turned a blind eye to the bullying that went on.
The prison just turned a blind eye.
And turned a blind eye to people stealing.
You would have turned a blind eye.
I turned a blind eye on it all the time.
The things she turned a blind eye to.
He turned a blind eye to a few bad things.
I should have turned a blind eye then.
I turned a blind eye to a lot of things.
Even the guards turned a blind eye.
They turned a blind eye to cruel treatment.
Our country has turned a blind eye.
They turned a blind eye to his atrocities.
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Some have just turned a blind eye.
She turned a blind eye when people bullied me.
Like always it has turned a blind eye to it.
If he turned a blind eye and rubberstamped the approval.
And of course you turned a blind eye.
I have turned a blind eye until now.
Police officers have turned a blind eye.
Yet they turned a blind eye to doctrine.
There were townspeople who turned a blind eye.
Teachers turned a blind eye to the abuse.
It is like they have turned a blind eye.
Regulators turned a blind eye to shady practices.
We do not want to be neighbors who turned a blind eye.
The officials turned a blind eye to this.
I turned a blind eye and got information in return.
And i have always turned a blind eye.
Either he turned a blind eye to this opioid approval.
I am sure you would have turned a blind eye.
If they turned a blind eye to that.
Did not you see how he turned a blind eye.
And you turned a blind eye to it.
People in this city have turned a blind eye.
You always turned a blind eye in the past.
Including those who willfully turned a blind eye.
People have turned a blind eye to them.
It is the problem of producers who turned a blind eye.
When we have turned a blind eye to justice.
The ecclesiastical authorities at first turned a blind eye.
Many parents turned a blind eye to evil.
I turned a blind eye to whoever told me you were a narcissist.
The government has turned a blind eye before.
You turned a blind eye to everything.
I would have turned a blind eye.
Has turned a blind eye and our chancellor.
The old governor turned a blind eye mostly.
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