How to Use insouciance in a Sentence

insouciance

noun
  • Her insouciance seems to at once irk and fascinate the rest of the cast.
    — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But the show’s appeal lies less in its plot than in its off-kilter insouciance.
    — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 1 July 2019
  • There’s a kind of insouciance to the season that is catching.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • Wright, who loves to mix and match genres with tongue-in-cheek insouciance, has never done.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The bear, like the pick tucked in T’s afro, seemed a vaguely punk statement of insouciance.
    — Anne Beatty, The Atlantic, 30 May 2017
  • Tatyana, a senior, plays with the insouciance of someone who’s done this a couple thousand times.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Still, Breyne’s method is more French couture than French insouciance.
    — Jessica Defin, Vogue, 14 July 2021
  • His insouciance soon crossed the line into arrogance and even contempt.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The insouciance of youth has always been a mesmerizing thing on the tennis court.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Birkin projected just this sort of youthful insouciance.
    — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The bass Georg Zeppenfeld portrays him with a warm tone and a touch of naïve insouciance.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • The look has an inherent insouciance, a bohemian vibe that feels ideal for that first chill of fall—or early spring?
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2014
  • The unclipped chinstrap of his off-kilter helmet only added to his air of renegade insouciance.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
  • Mixing the eclecticism of the former with the insouciance of the latter is working wonders so far.
    — Alice Newbold, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2022
  • These moments unfold on screen, however, with a naive insouciance, as though Apu had been dreaming them up in the first place.
    — Hazlitt, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some of Hollywood’s youngest ingénues were embracing the breezy insouciance of a white shirt, too.
    — Vogue, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Although riffing on the archetype of the bad girl is pop tradition, the new insouciance has a distinctly mischievous bent.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
  • Throughout, Bergman Island has a kind of infectious insouciance about its own form.
    — Annie Geng, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Her dry wit and sensible insouciance would really help a lot in the humor department.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • West’s album, in the longing circumspection of its ballads and the light insouciance of its up-numbers, fit that turn.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Hair wound into an easy plait and finished with a designer tie communicates a cheeky insouciance.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 14 June 2026
  • Most of these cars are gleaming, and lipstick-red, with the racy insouciance that’s so typical of Italian design.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2022
  • If that cartoon caption strikes you as an Ariana Grande anachronism, that works as part of the film’s insouciance.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 July 2022
  • Victoria Mboko is only 18 years old, but presents more insouciance than innocence on the court.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Lithe, slightly oversized and with an effortless insouciance, the latest update to the staple is cinching.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • France makes a strong case for the staggering insouciance of government at all levels, especially in the early years.
    — Andrew Sullivan, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2016
  • Still, many others chose to ride out Delta with a shrug — a response that might be interpreted as coolheadedness or insouciance.
    — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2020
  • For the occasion, Gainsbourg, with her classic insouciance, wore a Canadian tuxedo with a brown belt cinched around her waist.
    — Liana Satenstei, Vogue, 9 July 2021
  • Celeste Cahn gives the sprite Ariel an air of insouciance, while never losing sight of her enslavement by Prospero.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 12 July 2017
  • Rumpled lengths ooze insouciance, radiating a can't-be-bothered energy that, for some, is far cooler than even the bounciest blowout.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 July 2026

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