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
She meets Sorrentino’s demanding direction with a game nonchalance — so much staring at the lens!
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
Seeing he wasn’t going to get the rise he had expected from me, Ambrose affected nonchalance.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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