Sentence examples for offhand notes from inspiring English sources

Andrew Marc Greene e-mails: "My son's fourth-grade class was debating whether paper on which one scribbles offhand notes is scrap paper or scratch paper.

The incongruity of offhand tone and grave subject matter is part of a fairly consistent worldview.

Try not to be upset by an offhand tone or aloof body language.

And everyone can enjoy the offhand personality of Jeff Goldblum who, I note, is still able to amble double-jointed into any scene.

His tone of offhand ecstasy helped to produce, decades later, a spectacular new American poetry.

Dr. Taylor said her study of "tend and befriend" responses began with an offhand comment by a postdoctoral student, who noted that most animal studies of stress were conducted using only male rats.

Even de Kretser's offhand observations can be engaging, like this note on the attitude of a few people Laura encounters in her wanderings: "They were serious, appreciative and archaic: travelers for whom the link between travel and holiness still held".

Since "a black comedy about despair" could pretty much describe everything he's done, and he makes regular, offhand remarks about being "screwed up," it's worth noting that he comes off as normal, not weird.

He found that they gleaned a lot from the free-form notes typed in by claims adjusters -- about a client's behavior, say, or offhand comments.

This autobiographical note continued to be sounded in Love & Fame (1970), in which he conveys much in a deceptively offhand manner.

Rarely does she sound offhand.