nonchalance

Example Sentences

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“Just a little thing for you and I,” Smith intones before shrugging with a cool nonchalance.

From New York Times

His nonchalance suggested the depth and speed of change in Iran, where the theocratic government considers the dress code a matter of existential importance.

From New York Times

“Romantic Comedy” places us right there in the pitch room, crowded with nervous bodies, everyone feigning nonchalance while strategizing how to make their colleagues laugh and especially how to catch Petersen’s attention.

From Washington Post

She brings out the angst and subdued violence in Golaud, whom she marries with seeming nonchalance.

From Los Angeles Times

Calm, peace and nonchalance are perhaps the greatest luxury of the modern era of income inequality and the perpetual grind to maintain a semblance of a middle class existence.

From Los Angeles Times