cavalier

Example Sentences

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I see now that it’s easy to be cavalier about the paraphernalia of aging when you know they are only temporary.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They were cavalier and they were naughty and they were learning. They got to an age where it was time for them to know better.”

From Los Angeles Times

A stunned England woke Sunday to savage criticism after their meek capitulation in the first Ashes Test, branded "brainless" and "damaged" by former greats after their cavalier approach backfired.

From Barron's

Judge Vanessa Francis said that the pair had a "cavalier attitude" and were equally culpable.

From BBC

Their batting was sensible, rather than cavalier, yet the hosts still scored in excess of four an over.

From BBC