apropos of

Example Sentences

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Apropos of his relaxed approach, Linklater shoots “Blue Moon” with a minimum of fuss, but one can feel its enveloping melancholy, especially once the next generation of artists poke their head into the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times

He also told me, apropos of conjectures about White House insider trading: “This particular kind of trading — hour by hour on tariff changes — doesn’t strike me as likely, but who knows?!”

From Los Angeles Times

“I was born upside down,” he says, apropos of nothing they might understand.

From Los Angeles Times

During an appearance on The Late Show, when Stephen Colbert asked, apropos of nothing, if she has a favorite novelty flag to display at her home, Jackson laughed and offered a polite “no comment.”

From Slate

Over and over again he kept bringing it up, apropos of nothing, as if on a loop.

From Salon