flippantly

Example Sentences

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In 1976, a man named Tom Iacino called his friend’s house and flippantly asked the person who answered the phone if he could speak to “the couch potato.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“And I don’t mean that flippantly; I mean that, legitimately, it saved my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Rose Matthews, 63, from County Durham, said receiving an autism diagnosis had been "lifesaving - and I don't say that flippantly".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

I watched in quiet horror as she flippantly added an inexplicable amount of bacon to a pan, cranked the heat to high and stirred it around a few times.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2023

I would be angry too if she told me she was leaving this world for another that may or may not exist, so flippantly and easily, like I didn’t really matter to her at all.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender