Sentence examples for flippant to from inspiring English sources

Too flippant to say this slightly reminds me of my last trip on Ryanair? 1.49pm: Fire below deck now too.

Such a work constituted a challenge, no less effective for being flippant, to Augustus's cherished moral reforms, and it included a number of references, in that context tactless if not indeed provocative, to symbols of the emperor's personal prestige.

While it would be flippant to suggest that hummus per se is a tool for peace, there is something very real about the act of bringing people together around a table to eat, whatever their differences: the very act of cooking and sharing food is a unifying one.

And these days, whenever anybody talks about risk-free investing, it's not hard to hear the famous line uttered by Joseph J. Cassano of A.I.G. in 2007: "It is hard for us, without being flippant, to even see a scenario within any kind of realm of reason that would see us losing one dollar in any of those transactions".

An orchestral interlude in the second act provides a sudden reminder of what he can produce, but otherwise it's necessary to listen to what is churning away beneath the anonymous vocal lines (sub Sondheim when reflective, off-Broadway musical when flippant) to find a real musical personality.

Back in the late 1990s, when I first heard of "intelligent design," I thought it was cliché and a little flippant to say that "creationism was evolving".

"Everybody says stuff they regret, that they shouldn't say, trying to be flippant, trying to be funny," Mr. Gill said.

"I'm not going to be so flippant as to say that the fact the Knicks have absolutely stunk up the basketball court is a reason to get rid of their tax exemption," said Councilman Lewis A. Fidler, one the proposal's sponsors.

But, she said, Ms. Hunter preferred to give a more "flippant" response to the article and not deny it outright.

MARE SWALLOW, Chicago I was dismayed to read Michael Pollan's flippant reply to a question about gluten-free diets, especially in light of his thoughtful comments on brown rice versus white.

(His flippant response to other artists who wanted to trade their paintings for his was "cash not trash").