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US
/ˈnɑnʃəˈɫɑns/
]
[ UK /nˈɒnʃələns/ ]
[ UK /nˈɒnʃələns/ ]
NOUN
- the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
How To Use nonchalance In A Sentence
- His nonchalance contrasted with insatiable appetite from hedge funds and speculators. Times, Sunday Times
- He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance.
- It's hard to tell with Brazil whether their lackadaisical nonchalance is nerviness, or that's just who they are. David Henry Sterry: World Cup 2010: What We've Learned and What Must Be Done
- Ferrari has aged Montezemolo, and while he is still the smart-dressing embodiment of that nonchalance the Italians call sprezzatura, he looks tired and lacks some of the verbal dynamism of 20 years ago. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- The screen projections were cool, and the nonchalance of the band provided enough room to get into their music.
- Ricky Ponting, who gets up and scores centuries these days with the nonchalance of a man having a shave, was facing the press after his third ton in three Tests.
- A warning on the label advises drinkers to take it in small servings: "and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news
- He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance.
- They can give a Saturday morning hangover at the coffee bar an air of elegant nonchalance.
- I turned around, affected nonchalance, and stuck my head through her door as I'd done a dozen times in the past. THE HUNDREDTH MAN