Sentence examples for being offhand from inspiring English sources

It has the quality of being offhand, overheard, yet honed to a curious crispness.

Her new show, a collection of songs interspersed with musings on her life and on public figures ranging from Britney Spears to Condoleezza Rice, is casual to the point of being offhand.

Jeb Bush, a member of the American royal family that manufactures presidents, is a bit restrained in his rhetoric but even he cannot avoid being offhand.

It is offhand and girlish, venomous, haggard.

Beckett was offhand about his "meaning".

"Maria Full of Grace" sustains a documentary authenticity that is as astonishing as it is offhand.

He is offhand with co-worker Klara (Margaret Sullavan), and carrying on a romantic pen-pal correspondence with a woman he has never met.

He has another book called "Seeing the Solar System". And I know there are other astronomy books with projects too, in both the adult and juvenile sections of the library, I just don't remember what they are offhand.

This venerable tapas bar opened in 1870 and, though the service can be offhand, it thrives on an enticing, buzzy ambience, with jamones dangling from the ceiling, varnished wood shining like a mirror and shelves crammed with bottles and cheeses.

Too many restaurants are chasing too few cooks, waiters and busboys, and it shows: even in expensive places, service can be offhand, poorly timed and confused to the point of cluelessness.

It's in the final moments of "Mama," when the threesome are roused out of their dreams, that Mr. Cuar n's offhand ability to startle finishes off the happy-ending expectations.