How to Use nonchalant in a Sentence

nonchalant

adjective
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  • The team may have been somewhat nonchalant at the beginning of the season, but they now know that they need to work hard.
  • She faced the crowd with the nonchalant ease of an experienced speaker.
  • He was surprisingly nonchalant about winning the award.
  • The nonchalant Williams even took the last two bizarre plays in stride.
    — Broderick Turner, latimes.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The drape of the dress is just nonchalant enough and can meet any carpet-pile height with aplomb!
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Many voters in the three precincts, and even canvassers, seemed to take a nonchalant stance to this year’s midterm races.
    — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • In a statement to Page Six, the artist seemed nonchalant about the incident.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • When asked about his plans for the premiere, Hill was nonchalant.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Call it the most nonchalant Parisian way to make an entrance at a fashion show.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2019
  • Who can look the most nonchalant, the most sober and yet the most elevated?
    — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • At first, the couple was nonchalant about the graffiti, but the tags came to feel special as the years passed.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 17 May 2022
  • Jim is nonchalant about getting up on the roof each year to put the lights in place, but Linda not so much.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020
  • But on the whole, the teammates felt nonchalant: None of them expected to win.
    — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Many of those who have stayed appear nonchalant about the prospect of Russian rule.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2022
  • And while McGee seems nonchalant about the package, Kasie quickly calls him out.
    — Megan Stein, Country Living, 15 Jan. 2019
  • Williams-Jeter was a bit taken aback by her friends’ nonchalant tone.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2022
  • That’s the head space that’s brought Wet Leg this far — as well as their cool, nonchalant attitude about it all.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Sometimes, though, the passion can revert to a nonchalant display that costs him on the field.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
  • The alum finished the look with her hair in a chic though nonchalant top bun and minimal makeup.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Few rappers are able to combine a nonchalant flow with the ups and downs of Black American life.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2022
  • To the lofty comparisons, Branch just responds with a nonchalant laugh.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The play that happened in a Phillies game for just the third time in 91 years and altered the course of Sunday afternoon was so nonchalant.
    — Matt Gelb, Philly.com, 27 Aug. 2017
  • South Carolina fans were a lot less nonchalant about the move, rising out of their seats at Watkins' feat.
    — Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Think: the subtle appeal of a nonchalant T-shirt tucked into a pair of easy-going trousers.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Keep in mind that outfit planning is both key and nonchalant.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2018
  • But like many nonchalant and strike-hardened Parisians, Salazar doesn’t mind.
    — Elaine Ganley, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Also consider styling it with sneakers and rolling up the sleeves to give the shirt a more relaxed, nonchalant feel.
    — Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com, 8 May 2022
  • For fall, classics get cool with nonchalant attitude and a bit of craft.
    — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Then Eric, nonchalant, walked off to the front of the stage to apologize to [the] audience for the show [ending] early.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Everything from the bedding and the candles to the coffee cups have been splashed in black and white, reflecting the sort of Nor Cal nonchalant entertaining style Hudson Grace is known for.
    — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024

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