blithe
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Morgan was blithe about the impact of endorsements.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
That may give these companies an extra temporary boost, but consumers might not be so blithe, Malek warns.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
“Supper? At Old Chao’s house? Sure,” he said, blithe as a new frog.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
What kind of toxic passive-aggressive blither is that?
From Time ● Mar. 1, 2014
As for his poetic effusions and snatches of writing, they are mostly fey blither.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Mary is, blithe and blither, on her way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not blither is the mountain roe: With many a wanton stroke 10 Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke.
From Graded Poetry: Third Year by Various
This dog, if a friendly voice Call him now to blither choice Than such chamber-keeping, "Come out!" praying from the door, Presseth backward as before, Up against me leaping.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
Ms. Bouder, now often so mannered in ballets by George Balanchine, was at her freest and blithest.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
If you are late for “Amy,” a new documentary about Amy Winehouse, you will miss her at her blithest.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 1, 2015
Though its social scope is narrower than Hardy’s, you do come away from it with a true sense of the shrouded world that he devised, where fate could frown upon even the blithest day.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2015
When Cooke died last week at 95, the English-speaking world said a melancholy good-night to a consummate reporter and the world's wisest, blithest uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Goodness knows you've had offers enough to keep you here," said Foster, with not the blithest laugh in the world.
From The Deserter by Charles King
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