blithe

Example Sentences

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On being asked by a pious official if he really knew God’s judgment, he is said to have responded, “He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to him.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Steppenwolf Theatre co-artistic director Audrey Francis brings a casual grace to her portrayal of Belinda Blair, the blithe peacemaker of the troupe who knows all the company’s secrets and spills them every chance she gets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

Online, video edits have proliferated of Lively’s more blithe responses to questions about her character.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

Throughout the history of American music, blues, jazz and soul singers have used the jazzy quaver for the subtlest nuances of emotion: for tension, playfulness, defiance, flirtatiousness, ache or just blithe ornamentation.

From New York Times • May 10, 2024

As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams