Sample sentences for NONCHALANT

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Definition

calm in manner — appearing unconcerned

nonchalant = unconcerned

nonchalant = calm and unconcerned

"Don't rush, act nonchalant," Amy cautioned.
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese

nonchalant = calm and unconcerned

Dad, who was tapping on his pipe, pretending to be nonchalant so as not to apply any pressure,
Gayle Forman -- If I Stay

nonchalant = calm and unconcerned

He said this so nonchalantly, as if he was talking about a vacation to the Grand Canyon, or attending a wedding.
Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen

nonchalantly = calmly — appearing unconcerned

I tried to sound nonchalant, so he wouldn't know I was quaking in my boots.
James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment

nonchalant = calm and unconcerned

I'm twenty-three and sitting beside Catherine Hale; or rather, she's sitting beside me, because she came into the lecture hall after I did, sliding nonchalantly across the bench until our thighs were touching and then shrinking away with a blush as though the contact were accidental.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants

nonchalantly = casually (calmly without concern)

He smiled and leaned back, undeceived by my attempt at nonchalance.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse

nonchalance = appearing calm and unconcerned

She pretended nonchalance but she listened eagerly.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

nonchalance = lack of concern

I could feel that nonchalance begin to crack, replaced with regret, and finally with an increasing desperation.
Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'

nonchalance = calmness and lack of concern

According to another of the controllers who handled 052 that night, Klotz spoke "in a very nonchalant manner. There was no urgency in the voice."
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers

nonchalant = calm (appearing unconcerned)

Mom asked about Dad, and Rico, tapping his finger on the counter, said he'd gone home. It was the way he said it, too nonchalant, too nervously offhand, too guilty, actually, that made Mom suspicious right away.
Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven

nonchalant = trying to appear calm and unconcerned

nonchalant = calm (appear unconcerned)

Caught off guard, Clayton tried to sound nonchalant.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One

nonchalant = calm and unconcerned

"There are plenty of fish in the sea," he tried to appear nonchalant.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

nonchalant = unconcerned

nonchalant = calm and unconcerned

My driver ... drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth:
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

nonchalantly = in an unconcerned manner

The idea of a Bouncing Betty anti-personnel mine exploding at head height was enough to dispel any nonchalance in the troops.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

nonchalance = calmness and lack of concern

nonchalance = lack of concern

nonchalantly = casually (appearing unconcerned)

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