Sentence examples for Cavalier from inspiring English sources

"cavalier" is an acceptable word in written English
It can be used as an adjective to describe someone whose disposition is haughty or disdainful, or as a noun for an armed horseman. For example, "The princess regarded her suitor with a cavalier attitude."

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Cavalier

noun

A military man serving on horse, early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.

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"The police were pretty cavalier about their use of the power of arrest," Powell writes of the treatment of Levy, who was notified the night before his arrest.

"There's not only disappointment, there's also anger with the way in which some people have been treating this in a cavalier manner".

Their rightful claim of social exploitation by a group of disproportionately wealthy bankers with a distinctly cavalier attitude towards social and economic equality went viral.

I did not know then, of course, that Richmal Crompton's creation had been famed for his cavalier attitude to life and those who would seek to circumscribe his enjoyment of it ever since he first appeared in 1922.

Still, we couldn't be cavalier with this.

In recent weeks Django has faced criticism for its use of racist language and its cavalier treatment of explosive material.

But what has been a mark of Johnson's term in office is his cavalier attitude towards the truth and contempt for public scrutiny.

Q: Boaden was either lying to the Pollard review, or she was telling the truth and she allowed a programme to go ahead in a cavalier way.

So Thatcher borrowed a dog – a cavalier king charles spaniel – and went for a beach walk on Constantine Bay, Cornwall, with Denis bringing up the rear.

This series Warner has wielded his bat with the cavalier energy of Virender Sehwag at his best, the combination of strokeplay and moustache suggesting less David Boon – another obvious comparison, given their shared refreshment preferences – than Errol Flynn.

But there is one key difference – Grayling owes no personal loyalty to Cameron, who has treated him in a cavalier manner over the years.

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