blasé

Example Sentences

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Still, investors seemed blasé about the war, perhaps also potentially taking heart from the better-than-expected March jobs report, delivered while the market was closed on Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

It comes off loud, blustery, and overconfident, as if to signal a blasé disengagement with the incredible stakes of the moment.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

In addition to her many forebears, the Bride has many successors and imitators in Hollywood movies, but seldom do any of these quippy, blasé screen idols exhibit one-tenth of her grit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In Crescent City, a remote Northern California harbor town where tsunamis are a way of life, the Tuesday evening barflies gathered at Port O’Pints Brewing Co. were decidedly blasé about the possibility of impending disaster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

She was about thirteen, with straight ash-blond hair of ear-lobe length, an exquisite forehead, and blasé eyes that, I thought, might very possibly have counted the house.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger