nonchalance

Example Sentences

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Marty tosses out the bald-faced lie that his mother died in childbirth with the nonchalance of ordering another coffee, before the orbital pull in the room shifts.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

This is one reason for the Fed’s nonchalance toward housing market risks in the early 2000s.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Throughout it all, as if battling to emerge from quicksand, Blanchett commits to Lilith’s fierce nonchalance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

In person, she is a particular mix of gravity and nonchalance.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

The cat had stopped short and was licking one paw with a pretense of nonchalance.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams