Sentence examples for how flippant from inspiring English sources

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In general, it's not hilarious at all; but how flippant for a rich kid, that something like H.I.V. is just a small speed bump.

Emma: You could see Hannah getting really frustrated by how flippant he was.

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Over the years, I've taken some grief for that attitude from those who haven't been in my situation and are rather flippant about how they would react if they had been in my situation.

And then I thought, how interesting that this flippant man, who prides himself on his fluency and his debating skills, could make such an obvious mistake -- using an expression that actually means its opposite.

How can you be so flippant about Megan's feelings and then expect sympathy because, as the mistress, you were thrown aside?

So, I have tried telling people other things like that I am a dentist but that just got a flippant remark about how she was a paleo-nuclear physicist...

This can sound almost flippant in light of how avidly the Bloomberg administration has promoted the waterfront.

After all, people our age are likely to associate being bi with either Sharon Stone as the murderous bisexual seductress Catherine Tramell in the 1992 film "Basic Instinct" or the flippant Woody Allen joke about how being bi "doubles your chance for a date on Saturday night".

It is important because making these flippant references (1) trivializes how devastating the illnesses can be and (2) perpetuates myths and misunderstandings.

As mental health advocate Rebecca Fuoco said, "Making these flippant references (1) trivializes how devastating the illnesses can be and (2) perpetuates myths and misunderstandings". .

"That sounds sort of flippant, but I wanted to see how it went and then try something new".

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