glib
Example Sentences
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So for his children not to show up in any way, and to be glib about his experience, is, well, a choice.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
Mr. Braude is suitably critical of his subject for her sometimes glib approach to life-and-death matters, and he pegs her appeal as “delivering hard news as if it was light gossip.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
“Southern Man”? It’s probably a little glib to declare it a song about reparations, but it’s also not an incorrect observation.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025
I am not trying to be glib myself.
From Slate • May 13, 2025
She walks toward me, looking up idly glib and innocent.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.