blitheness

Example Sentences

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Most pointedly, Markley predicts we’ll retain a collective blitheness over mass loss of life, even up to the point when floodwaters are up to our necks.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

This obviously ironic blitheness in fact calls back to Sondheim and Swift, who invoked cannibalism to drive home dark moral fables — though here it’s larded with an M.F.K.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020

Asked about this consequence, Harris was dismissive to the point of blitheness.

From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2019

A reader can immediately sniff out the sinister, entitled side to Swift’s vulgarity, and the rot beneath Ava’s willful blitheness and sparkle.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2016

At all events, what a blitheness, what a zest it gave to the genius of Plato himself!

From Beside Still Waters by Benson, Arthur Christopher