nonchalance

Example Sentences

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In his later years he paraded his nonchalance: “If you don’t understand it, I’ll just write another one,” he told a reporter of his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

This is one reason for the Fed’s nonchalance toward housing market risks in the early 2000s.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

But to navigate that forest and find a clear solution, one must slash through their hubris with the same nonchalance as an employer slashing you from their payroll.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

In person, she is a particular mix of gravity and nonchalance.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

You never think it will be your own home that’s on fire, but when it is, all the toughness, the calloused nonchalance of watching fires and hearing sirens falls away.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez