How to Use nonchalantly in a Sentence

nonchalantly

adverb
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  • The footage shows skiers nonchalantly turning back and forth across a groomed trail when a bruin is seen loping across the slope on the left-hand side.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Lillard quickly rose above them, flicked his wrist and nonchalantly buried a 3-point shot.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2023
  • At one point, a completely naked man walked nonchalantly past on the sidewalk.
    — New York Times, 3 July 2022
  • Tatum received a pass from Walker, and then nonchalantly sent it back to him with an underhand flip.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Editor’s picks Perry came up the stairs nonchalantly, along with her entire team and hundreds of shoes and dresses to choose from.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
  • By posting a video of himself jumping out of a plane on the set of the next Mission: Impossible while nonchalantly thanking fans for going to the movies.
    — Nojan Aminosharei, Men's Health, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The dreamy, black-and-white footage continues with Crash nonchalantly chomping from an apple before a purchase exchange with the cashier (played by his pal, Ryan Richter).
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • All together, the look was ready for a red carpet or fashion show appearance, but the fact that Beyoncé wore it nonchalantly to a game?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 June 2021
  • The film’s use of light sat well with the fluidity of a loose white tuxedo suit on a bare chest, or a giant multicolored foulard thrown nonchalantly over the male model’s naked shoulder.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Not to be outdone, the Gossip Girl alumna responded a few days later with a picture of herself, nonchalantly posed next to the Deadpool trailer Ryan had in his post.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There was a sense of relaxation running throughout as the models walked nonchalantly in low-key platform sandals.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But what brought him to viral notoriety was his decision to recline nonchalantly in a staff member’s swivel chair and plunk his left work boot atop the desk.
    — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In most other areas, the black-bear population isn’t as healthy, and the bears don’t nonchalantly walk into occupied camps.
    — Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Love and Death has the most onscreen blood of any Allen picture, but it’s always played nonchalantly and absurdly, prioritizing gags and laughs ahead of the story.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Lindsey then nonchalantly turned his fingers down, flipping the Trojans legacy on its head.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • In one emotional anecdote, Lady Angela says that Charles, 73, once visited a man who had cancer and sat beside his bed as the man nonchalantly took a phone call.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
  • To pass the time, Allen sat quietly at the defense table, with his back to his wife, nonchalantly flipping through a New York newspaper, searching for articles about the trial.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • This is the gold standard, holy grail, I'll-think-about-it-constantly version of a black circle skirt, with ample volume and angled pockets for nonchalantly slipping your hands in.
    — Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In the video, Hadid nonchalantly douses her tightly tousled curls with hairspray.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Some video from the neighborhood caught a man in a baseball cap walking nonchalantly up a home’s driveway, bending down and striking tires with some type of instrument, before walking away.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
  • While standing beside Gardner, 40, the singer nonchalantly swatted a mosquito away from her face.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Hart chills until the last possible minute before nonchalantly entering the theater when cued.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
  • Our guide then went into detail about the fisheries economy while nonchalantly pointing to subterranean freezers dug deep into the permafrost where fish are stored during the warmer months.
    — Jonny Bierman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2022
  • With the Massachusetts sun fading, Gizzard nonchalantly comes onstage right before its set for a quick soundcheck.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 June 2023
  • An elevator shot us smoothly upward to the fifth floor as my companion nonchalantly told me about her membership.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Altman, encircled by several vigilant handlers on high alert for journalists like me, stood nonchalantly clutching a plain coffee cup in one hand and his iPhone in the other.
    — Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • The creative remembers West finally turning his attention to the interview — and nonchalantly pulling out his phone.
    — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2022
  • As the 24-year-old singer nonchalantly listens to music in her headphones, lifts weights and rides an elevator, men who catcall, mansplain and take inappropriate photos are met with instant karma.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Recently published footage from one of California's most popular surf beaches shows at least four sharks swimming beneath the waters as surfers nonchalantly chase waves.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 13 July 2023
  • Cruise grins, nonchalantly points a finger gun at McQuarrie before promptly jumping out of the aircraft — alongside a cameraman, presumably.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 18 Dec. 2022

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