blitheness
Example Sentences
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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
That same blitheness is at work in “Figures of Speech,” curated by Michael Darling, which gives equal weight and space to Mr. Abloh’s most meaningful work and his loosest-conceived projects.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
Asked about this consequence, Harris was dismissive to the point of blitheness.
From Fox News ● Jan. 29, 2019
Here’s a timeline, by Kate Brannen, of the relationship between Manafort and Trump—which, contra Trump’s blitheness on the topic, goes deep.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2017
The song sung, they fell on their knees and respectfully craved of him leave to depart, who, albeit their departure was grievous to him, yet with a show of blitheness accorded it to them.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
