How to use "interest" in a sentence

He looked at us without any interest

These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest

All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war

To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it

He had a morbid interest in the Ripper murders all his life, and it is possible that he sent 'Ripper' letters to the police

The townspeople, who had never seen him before, watched with interest as he stopped for water at a fountain

'This matter is of no interest to me, Javert,' he said casually

The old man listened with great interest, and asked her many questions.

Mme Thenardier glanced at the old man without interest

When he told Javert his address, he noticed the inspector's eyes light up with great interest

He remembered clearly the young man in the Luxembourg Gardens who had shown such great interest in Cosette, and he was certain that this was the man she had written to.

One evening, when Marius was talking to Cosette and Jean Valjean about the mystery and his unsuccessful attempts to solve it, he became angry with Cosette's guardian's lack of interest in his story.

The boy looks bored already, and he is not looking at the gun bags with interest any more.

He puts the guns next to a tree and takes them out of the bags carefully, and, yes, there is the interest in the boy's eyes.

Junior looks a bit happier now, and for twenty minutes Owen talks to him about how to hold the gun and how to walk with it, while his son listens carefully and asks sensible questions that show a real interest

I've a note here that may interest you

The boy in the Chevy had lost interest in her

Or perhaps this was the first time in all those months that she had been aware of being the object of such interest

That was the term by which casino employees still referred to local, elderly women whose social lives revolved around an obsessive interest in one-armed bandits, even though the nickel machines were pretty much ancient history

She had tried to encourage him to seek advances in his own career - from dealer to floor man to pit boss to higher casino management - but he had no interest in climbing that ladder

Kennebeck listened with interest to Elliot's unofficial feeler about the chances of getting Danny's grave reopened

Most of his friends had shared his avid interest in ghosts and ghouls; besides, the grotesque hadn't been his only interest, so she had decided not to worry about it.

While Elliot drove, he told Tina what had happened at his house: the two thugs, their interest in the possibility of Danny's grave being reopened, their admission that they worked for some government agency, the hypodermic syringes...

"You said we could go to a reporter, try to get media interest brewing

"I thought you said we had enough to interest a good newsman

But if we go to the press in Los Angeles or New York or some other city, the reporters there aren't going to have a whole lot of interest in it unless they see an aspect of the story that lifts it out of the local-interest category

"Bellicosti was supposed to give us the information we need to interest a topnotch reporter in the case."

'Isn't my poor sister-in-law's extreme interest in flies just one sign of her madness?'

'First because it was partly intended for you, and secondly because it will interest you

'But everyone thinks my interest is in Lettice.'

'No, I have no interest in such things

A question of more serious interest is the possibility of another attack from the Martians

The main symptom of liver disease is 'a general feeling of sleepiness and no interest in working.'

We had no interest in food.

She listened with interest and looked surprised when I told her the part about Mrs Fairlie.

I had always known this, and I had never before felt anything more than a teacher's interest in my students

The man was too lazy to look after the interests of his own niece! I went to Limmeridge the next day and told him that no one should sign a marriage settlement like this - it gave the husband a large financial interest in the death of his wife! But Mr Fairlie did not want to listen

His manner, towards Laura has changed: he does not look at her with tender interest anymore.

I'll send you money every month on two conditions: you must keep the secret and never tell anyone, in your own interest as well as mine; and you must never leave the village.'

Some parts of her mother's letter were of particular interest

I noticed that a man close to us was listening with interest to our conversation