Sentence examples for for being flippant from inspiring English sources

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.

Some reviewers of Ackroyd's "History of England" volumes have jumped on him for being flippant about facts — for instance, for ahistorically construing as "English" the various and sundry peoples who have inhabited the land now called England, reverse-engineering history to create a false narrative of continuity.

I don't believe that scolding people for being flippant about mental health does much to spread awareness.

I know people are probably judging me right now for a) being flippant or b) if you are a member of the Tea Party you probably want to tar and feather me for suggesting an expansion of the federal government but I think I have a very, very serious point here.

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".

Taibbi describes Cassano getting on a conference call with investors in 2007 and, as his credit-default swap portfolio was racking up $352 million in losses, announcing: "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 $1 in any of those transactions".

The author felt that despite the courageous premise of genuine exploration of queer sex, the book crossed over into pornography and a wrong portrayal for the community, while being flippant and commercial.

Yes, the hereditary principle is a mad way of selecting people for jobs that matter; but, without being flippant, in a constitutional monarchy such as Britain's, the monarch matters rather less than a local councillor, or a good dentist for that matter.

Conquering fear doesn't mean being flippant and reckless; for the surfer, the ocean remains an unpredictable and potentially dangerous companion if the signs are ignored.

I'm being flippant.

I'm just being flippant.