Sample Sentences for
nonchalant
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  • "Don't rush, act nonchalant," Amy cautioned.  (source)
  • She tried to sound nonchalant.  (source)
  • grinning a broad, relaxed, nonchalant grin.  (source)
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  • I shrugged, working hard to be nonchalant.  (source)
    nonchalant = calm (appear unconcerned)
  • Nonchalantly he picked his comic book off the floor and placed it on his lap.  (source)
    Nonchalantly = calmly (appearing unconcerned)
  • Even Rudy stood completely erect, feigning nonchalance, tensing himself against the tension.  (source)
    nonchalance = calmness and lack of concern
  • The ref gave him the ball and he looked like he was nonchalanting the shot.†  (source)
  • I just got very cool and nonchalant.  (source)
    nonchalant = calm and unconcerned
  • The next morning I hung around the house for a while, and then nonchalantly whistled my way out to the barn.  (source)
    nonchalantly = in a casual, unconcerned manner
  • She pretended nonchalance but she listened eagerly.  (source)
    nonchalance = lack of concern
  • ...they had assumed the Nonchalant Look, an expression that said, I am not a nurse escorting six lunatics to the ice cream parlor.  (source)
    Nonchalant = appearing unconcerned
  • I would just nonchalantly say that I was trying to "bring the seventies back."  (source)
    nonchalantly = while appearing unconcerned
  • "Oh, Stevens," he began with a false air of nonchalance, but then seemed at a loss how to continue.  (source)
    nonchalance = calmness and lack of concern
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