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

In his later years he paraded his nonchalance: “If you don’t understand it, I’ll just write another one,” he told a reporter of his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

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

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

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

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Then I stepped into the street with a nonchalance copied from characters I had seen in the movies.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison