Sentence examples for but casually from inspiring English sources

To certain people, this must sound like the makings of a family-values nightmare: a fragile 16-year-old boy leaves his home in suburban Chicago and lands in the swirling center of disco-era gay Manhattan, where his uncle (as one recalls from White's books) treats casual sex anything but casually -- flinging himself at it, in fact, with the grim zeal of an Olympic gymnast in training.

"Sweet and Lowdown" is mocking but casually sad, casually moving.

Mr. Mela sang the melody himself, in an untrained but casually compelling voice.

THE CROWD Couples and foursomes of varying ages, nicely but casually dressed.

Here the boutique bamboo-speared bites begin at nine dollars apiece, and the bill adds up, slowly but casually.

He praised Sanchez, but casually admitted he had not witnessed his maturation in the past two years.

But used casually or routinely, they stir readers' skepticism.

There are eye-boggling stripes and splodges, carefully but seemingly casually crafted.

The keeper advanced, but Tindall casually lifted it over him and into the net.

It was not done in any scientific way, but just casually.

In my experiences, people attack with words, not shouted in anger, but spoken casually in civilized conversations.