Sentence examples for reference to ignorance from inspiring English sources

Recently, she took to the centre of Banja Luka to shout "You know nothing!" at passersby – a reference to ignorance of her people's heritage and struggles.

But that refers to ignorance of the law, not ignorance of facts that were withheld.

The Prophet's reference to Abu Dharr's ignorance refers to the "pre-Islamic" state of jahiliyyah, an Arabic term meaning "the state of ignorance of Divine guidance".

"Yes," she replies with a smile in apparent reference to Campbell's stated ignorance of the country.

Dave Whelan has been accused of a "dangerous level of ignorance" after making a reference to "chingalings" during a newspaper interview that was intended as an apology to the Jewish community for previous antisemitic remarks.

Often criticized as one mark of Beauvoir's heterosexism, this reference to the Mitsein is not made in ignorance of lesbian sexuality and is not a rejection of non-heterosexual sexualities.

When Michael is setting with his shirt unbuttoned, one of the warehouse workers calls him "Hasselhoff", a reference to actor David Hasselhoff. Kelly baits Jan by feigning ignorance about the various Baseball metaphors for sex.

for his controversial comments on poverty last month, calling Ryan's reference to conservative social scientist Charles Murray a reflection of his "ignorance" during an appearance on MSNBC's "NewsNation" Wednesday.

Yet, despite Darwin (1859) pointing out that reference to "the plan of creation" or "unity of design" revealed our ignorance rather than provided an explanation, a natural, agent-less cause like natural selection is difficult for most Americans to understand.

Answers in Malaysia which says that "Carlisle" is a reference to Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish philosopher from the Victorian era who often wrote about "ignorance" in his works.

(Never mind that in every other form of art reference to the tradition is understood to be a sign of seriousness, and unselfconscious realism to be a sign of lowbrow ignorance).