blithe
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Morgan was blithe about the impact of endorsements.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
That may give these companies an extra temporary boost, but consumers might not be so blithe, Malek warns.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
On being asked by a pious official if he really knew God’s judgment, he is said to have responded, “He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Online, video edits have proliferated of Lively’s more blithe responses to questions about her character.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
I give him my best blithe smile, like a girl who thinks she has solved everyone’s problems.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
What kind of toxic passive-aggressive blither is that?
From Time ● Mar. 1, 2014
As for his poetic effusions and snatches of writing, they are mostly fey blither.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Mary is, blithe and blither, on her way.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I tried with Berlin, and found it a drearier Boston; with Paris, and found it a blonder and blither Boston; with London, and found it sombrely irrelevant and incomparable.
From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells
To talk upon a blither subject, I wish you saw Abbotsford, which begins this season to look the whimsical, gay, odd cabin, that we had chalked out.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
Ms. Bouder, now often so mannered in ballets by George Balanchine, was at her freest and blithest.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
If you are late for “Amy,” a new documentary about Amy Winehouse, you will miss her at her blithest.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 1, 2015
Though its social scope is narrower than Hardy’s, you do come away from it with a true sense of the shrouded world that he devised, where fate could frown upon even the blithest day.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2015
When Cooke died last week at 95, the English-speaking world said a melancholy good-night to a consummate reporter and the world's wisest, blithest uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our spirits rose with the rising day to the blithest altitudes; already we seemed to savor the taste of brisk campaigning; I think we all longed boyishly for action.
From The God of Love by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
Vocabulary lists containing blithe
100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
A Christmas Carol
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!
