Sentence examples for a careless remark from inspiring English sources

And here he speaks out again, just a careless remark.

Was the detective superintendent who appeared to blame the IRA guilty of a careless remark based on suspicion or hearsay rather than fact?

But his father had once told a reporter that he had "no more paternal feelings than a tiger for his cub", a careless remark that may have festered in the son's mind.

Any misdeed — making a careless remark, say, or signing a letter in support of a dissident — would result in repercussions not only for the transgressor but for his family, friends, and co-workers.

There are rows over what the Latvians did or did not do in the second world war, arguments about why the German Luftwaffe bombed Coventry and, most recently, Stephen Fry has upset the Poles with a careless remark about Auschwitz.

James also recalled how St. Aubyn sometimes reacted, at dinner parties, to a stranger's careless remark: "A not terribly bright girl might say, 'Ooh, that's fun,' and he would play with her use of language in a way that humiliated her".

A "careless" comment, uttered by Franklin, ended it.

For the device to work, the reader needs to also recognise and negatively appreciate the Space Needle, and at the same time, recognise too the implication of an off-the-cuff, careless remark which is signalled by the representation of casual speech: e.g. the use of 'em instead of them, and the trailing dots at the end.

By avoiding news conferences, Mr. Gore has kept the focus of coverage on his chosen message, minimized any chance for distraction and lessened the prospect that some careless remark might prompt a media feeding frenzy.

Perhaps that conversation was a kindness to me; perhaps Ted had forgotten all about my careless remark.

Through some careless remark by one of the guests Tom realized that he was jealous; and he probably had a good reason for being jealous.