"When we are bombarded by unimportant information, we hope that by consciously ignoring it, we will escape its effects," the authors wrote.

Jake thought that the woman, at least, was consciously ignoring the commander.

He consciously ignored the growing political damage to his image and to the monarchy in consequence of his support for abolition.

M.K. tried to consciously ignore his swearing.

Washen consciously ignored a multitude of tools, walking steadily toward an armored cap-car guarded by a second platoon of troops.

Unlike the Plowden Report the survey was concerned with 'the work done by institutions in the classroom' and consciously ignored their 'broader pastoral role'.

Another way in which van Eeden does not follow naturalistic tradition is that he "completely and consciously ignored the influence of hereditary factors."

Why not consciously ignore one another and repeat the patterns according to whim and inspiration?

If we keep our minds busy we can consciously ignore our tummy, which often only tells us it's hungry because we're bored.

They come across a crying girl, Mandy, whom all the other adults aboard consciously ignore.