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

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

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

Lincoln, blithe and funny, kept insisting that Gurira answer questions first, while Gurira, trying to hastily scarf down a salad, mimicked him back: “You go ahead.”

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

For a movie that’s very much about different shades of transgression, Elizabeth goes about her research with a blithe indifference to boundaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

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