flippant

Example Sentences

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Some of the more condescending reviews of “Marie Antoinette” made a facile equation between you and your protagonist, as if you were the flippant queen dousing herself in luxury.

From Salon

I was grateful for his smile, but I wondered how he could be so flippant.

From Literature

Platitudes, by their nature, can come off as flippant.

From MarketWatch

“It’s okay!” she said with a flippant wave of her hand, smiling that perfectly parallel smile.

From Literature

“I try to be very respectful of human remains, and not be flippant about it,” he told the Tulsa World.

From The Wall Street Journal