How to Use nonchalance in a Sentence

nonchalance

noun
  • The clothes with their nonchalance and ease make for a great wardrobe come next spring.
    — Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the shirts are made to be worn with a certain nonchalance.
    — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The stand-outs are the head-pieces, designed to be worn with nonchalance.
    — Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2021
  • But don't confuse his nonchalance about all of this with a lack of desire.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2021
  • But if this was a fleeting moment of nonchalance, it was earned.
    — Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
  • That’s not to say that every dog reacts to masks with nonchalance.
    — Kim Campbell Thornton Andrews McMeel Syndication, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The nonchalance is kind of funny.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Chanel codes are always mixed with its legend of nonchalance.
    — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The pockets gave her that nonchalance of a true rock star, poised with her back arched just so and her hands at her hips.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Richardson’s nonchalance does not erase self-doubt and self-awareness.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The boy holds a glove in one hand, an attempt at conveying adult nonchalance.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • There was a nonchalance to Felipe that was hard, deep down, not to admire.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • In a girls’ school, pads and tampons are batted around the bathrooms with nonchalance.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2018
  • That kind of perfect nonchalance for the street and the occasion.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Perversely, when the two seek out the source of the gunfire and find a corpse hacked in half, their nonchalance is even worse.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Other works lampoon what poets see as hypocrisy and nonchalance by the warring sides.
    — Nalova Akua, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
  • Ayyoub Bouaddi slinked through their midfield with all the nonchalance of a cat in a souk.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • As words are stripped away, nonchalance also fades, leaving in its wake something hotter and raw.
    — Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Mr Sanders would not be able to afford such nonchalance as president.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • These decisions, experts say, added to nonchalance as the nation let its guard down.
    — Sheikh Saaliq, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • An oversized satin coat, shrugged off her shoulders, amplified the sense of nonchalance.
    — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • On that occasion, his nonchalance got the better of him, as his strike was easily saved to the left.
    — SI.com, 2 May 2018
  • Bob Ewing rolls up to his sailboat in his wheelchair with the nonchalance of a seasoned sailor.
    — Susan Kelleher, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
  • Just as striking as the ease with which the Bruins won the game was their nonchalance afterward.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The bidding was fierce and done mostly by women who raised their placards with practiced nonchalance.
    — Ramin Mostaghim, latimes.com, 3 July 2018
  • Pair it with heeled ballet flats and a raffia tote for maximum summer nonchalance.
    — Olivia Allen, Vogue, 24 June 2026
  • On someone else, this nonchalance could seem ungrateful.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • French bangs—the eternally cool and messy-yet-polished style—are all about the illusion of nonchalance.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Though his nonchalance confounded some, Pearl Jam went on to achieve great acclaim.
    — cleveland, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Mock answers all of my questions with the same level of nonchalance, despite the slightly tawdry conceit of our chat.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 July 2021

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