blithely

Example Sentences

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One thinks of the citizens of Buffy’s Sunnydale, blithely going about their business, not moving away despite being located on a Hellmouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Hoecker says cutting jobs also signals to stock market investors worried about the "real and huge" cost of AI development that executives are not blithely writing blank cheques.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

In one column from 1935 she wrote blithely, “if war comes this year, it might come at the beginning of July, if it’s hot, heat and history having an undeniable affiliation in European affairs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Backed into a corner by the threat of a career-ending scandal—one that would not only undo her but also her blithely trusting editor — Elizabeth agrees to make the fantasy corporeal.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

It was just before sunset, a time of day when the sun stared blithely across the kitchen, instead of studying the floor.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen