Sample Sentences for
flippant
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    Something about the middle pretty made it hard to be flippant. He was wisdom personified, his manner so serious and formal that Tally found herself wishing she had dressed up.  (source)
    flippant = show an inappropriate lack of seriousness
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    "You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend." I tense up at the word "boyfriend." I didn't mean to use it so flippantly, but it's too late now.  (source)
    flippantly = with an inappropriate lack of seriousness
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    (Coming to her with genuine romantic flippancy) I will show you our mountains and our stars; and give you cool drinks from gourds and teach you the old songs and the ways of our people—and, in time, we will pretend that—(Very softly)—you have only been away for a day.  (source)
    flippancy = lack of seriousness
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    The problem, however, is this: This is no time to be flippant.†  (source)
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    In the brief time that Louie had known Mac, the tail gunner had struck him as a decent, friendly guy, although a bit of a reveler, confident to the point of flippancy.†  (source)
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    Hana answers flippantly, just the way she should, but she's smiling now, and nodding at me.†  (source)
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    In answer to "late attempts to undervalue" the President, readers were reminded that Adams stood "among the few surviving, steady, tried patriots" whose services to the country were of a kind almost beyond compare: Bred in the old school of politics, his principles are founded on the experience of ages, and bid defiance to French flippancies and modern crudities......Always great, and though sometimes alone, all weak and personal motives were forgotten in public energy and the security of the sacred liberties of his country......Deeply versed in legal lore, profoundly skilled in political science;†  (source)
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    His sudden shifts between flippant and intense are unnerving.†  (source)
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    Simon sighed internally; he could tell that under the flippancy, Jace was completely serious in his offer.†  (source)
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    " Jus' ole Harlan," said T.J. flippantly as the expensive car rounded a curve and disappeared, then he and Claude started down the bank.†  (source)
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    "I actually— I was going to come see you guys," I say, trying to sound flippant, harried.†  (source)
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    "We knew," Ricardo said with an air of flippancy.†  (source)
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    "Okay, then," I said flippantly, trying to alleviate the suddenly tense atmosphere.†  (source)
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