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nonchalance
1. and into red light, the boys step in feigned nonchalance,
2. I didn't know whether to laugh or flip my fuse again at her nonchalance
3. acquaintances with a relieved nonchalance, secure in the
4. entered the city with a debonair nonchalance – without
5. He dropped her hand, faking a look of nonchalance
6. ‘It's no big deal, OK,’ Jimmy said with a newly acquired nonchalance
7. ” Since she did not want to alarm her troops this early into the mission, lest they decide to leave, she decided on nonchalance
8. Sespian leaned against the wall outside his office, feigning nonchalance as he chatted with Dunn and a couple of soldiers
9. “Copy that, sir! Good luck!” she shouted over the sound of her pistol blazing away and I thought I saw her grin, while I replied in a curious fit of nonchalance: “I hope I won’t be late for the party!”
10. just trying to play at nonchalance in the face of a really wild
11. his associate sat at the table with an air of nonchalance
12. Doc gets in his seat with disturbing nonchalance, ignoring his son’s question, “Go
13. Affecting nonchalance we sauntered out, congratulated them on finding the place in the dark, and told them to follow us
14. ’ Uretep’s attempt at nonchalance was remarkably convincing, considering the state of his thoughts
15. The meekness, even fear, that he exhibited when captured was certainly gone, replaced by a resolve and nonchalance that could be admired—under certain circumstances
16. Nonchalance is an evolutionarily acquired characteristic, if you nonchalantly believe in such things
17. The danger that kept Jodas from a restful sleep also saved his life, sitting with his son in the nursery room he saw a shadow flit past the window opening, someone was on the roof, quietly leaving the child he went to Bunda’s quarters two rooms down the passageway, Bunda was fully dressed standing by the window in the dark, he turned, held up two fingers and pointed up towards the roof, they silently left the room moving towards the inside stairs recruiting four guards along the way, at the top of the stairs Jodas very slowly withdrew the bolts and they concealed themselves either side of the door, after what seemed an eternity the door slowly, ever so slowly, began to open, a foot then a head and finally the body came through the door, the second assassin following, both killers were dressed from head to toe in black clothes, when they were three steps past the door Jodas sprang the trap, after a violent struggle they were soon overwhelmed, stripped, bound and dragged, not too gently, down the stairs, the noise had brought more guards running and Jodas ordered a complete room by room search in case there were more killers lurking in the palace, the noise had woken everyone and Gled came down the passage carrying the baby, one of the assassins seeing her spat towards her and screamed that she’d get the same treatment as that whore Red Fawn, one of the guards hit him on the side of the head with the flat of his sword and he keeled over unconscious, Gled carried off this verbal attack with a nonchalance that gained great respect from everyone present, she then asked if anyone had been hurt, getting an answer in the negative she said goodnight and walked away as regal as any goddess
18. Our procession finally arrived at the square, picking up my conch shell, I walked up the steps of the central platform and faced the temple steps, the murmur of the crowd slowly subsided, Yaotl the high priest hadn’t appeared so I stood as tall and immobile as I could, with an air of patience that I did not feel, after a longer wait than decency warranted, Yaotl would have seen our approach many miles away from the vantage of the pyramid temple’s lofty height, the crowd started to murmur and a few voices where loud and beginning to show signs of impatience, I stood quite still trying to assume the same air of nobility and nonchalance that Coatl displayed when faced with a situation, suddenly the villagers fell silent and from a doorway on the second level, the high priest, Yaotl, appeared dressed in his full regalia including the mirror breastplate and broad black stripe across his face, it was said that he could see into the soul of anyone foolish enough to look into the mirror on his chest
19. The Doctor had tried to deliver his compliment with nonchalance, but the fervour with which he spoke did not escape the notice of Syd and Monty
20. Nangong Ping purposely remained nonchalance and said
21. Suddenly there was a great commotion as the pugilists saw a nonchalance
22. They faced each other, Gabriel tense, with his shoulders back, while Adam’s motionless frame held an air of nonchalance
23. “You're saying money,” Olive continued the conversation as casually as Steve, presuming the nonchalance was part of the provocateur's cover
24. Ryan watched his comrade sprint through the small Police office lobby and listened with nonchalance at the guard's cries vanishing into the hot afternoon
25. I would probably need him because the angrier I got at the nonchalance, the less understandable my English became
26. "I think that's enough for today," she says, forcing as much nonchalance into the words as she can
27. "Oh, that," I said, feigning nonchalance
28. His nonchalance is what pushes Sara over the edge, and now she does begin to scream…
29. ‘Hi,’ I said to Crass and the customer as chirpily as a I could and taking extra effort in looking at the package Overalls Guy held with complete nonchalance
30. The reaction from Big was that of nonchalance
31. He was out of work and his nonchalance about it
32. Gone was his look of nonchalance from earlier
33. With equal nonchalance a dozen young men in the prime of life descend with composed faces into the depths of the sea; and there impassively (though with perfect mastery of machinery) suffocate uncomplainingly together
34. had stopped short and was licking one paw with a pretense of nonchalance
35. Only after about a minute did he address him and then in fact he said something quite friendly, not to ingratiate himself or compensate for his nonchalance, but because he really meant it
36. Decoud affected suddenly the utmost nonchalance
37. ” My nonchalance is wearing thin, and I flush
38. You work in teams of two, one to spray, one to look out for cops, and at first you’re the lookout, lingering on the corner in a posture of forced nonchalance
39. Your entire life, or anyway the last few years of it, has been a posture of forced nonchalance
40. She motioned to the kids, who’d already slowed their cupboarding of cans and were peering up at various angles of pretend nonchalance
41. As he did, he put his other hand in the back pocket of his jeans, adopting a posture of studied nonchalance
42. He treated his Serene Highness with a somewhat affected nonchalance intended to show that, as a highly trained military man, he left it to Russians to make an idol of this useless old man, but that he knew whom he was dealing with
43. He had told his friends, with wine-colored nonchalance, that he was taking a future strip and a past strip, giving them a now half twist, so they looped on a single plane
44. The peculiar man waved a lazy wave at Ford and with an appalling affectation of nonchalance said, “Ford, hi, how areyou? Glad you could drop in
45. A certain superciliousness of look, coolness of manner, nonchalance of tone, express fully their sentiments on the point, without committing them by any positive rudeness in word or deed
46. or rather there was apparent in the whole episode a superlative nonchalance
47. With conspicuous nonchalance Verhovensky lounged in the chair at the upper end of the table, almost without greeting anyone
48. Without even raising his eyes, however, he went on cutting his nails with perfect nonchalance
49. He is supposed to vibrate in cheerful nonchalance between Delmonico’s and a beanery, according as he is in funds or hard up, and to exhibit a genial assurance that “a member of the New York Stock Exchange, sir,” will prove a pleasant addition to the most exclusive circles
50. His habitual chatty intercourse with all kinds of men of means gives him the easy nonchalance of the town, and the nervous strain he is constantly under to protect himself and his clients against those impulses of greed and fear so fostered by Wall Street, creates that keen, rapid concentration for which he is so remarkable
