How to Use flippancy in a Sentence

flippancy

noun

• The singer’s flippancy aside, the Jesus Lizard endures as a force.
  — Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• To me, Don’t Look Up was a one-note flippancy; its only virtue was its stunning cast.
  — The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
• Even the most emotive Memmos have a flippancy to them, not helped by their brevity.
  — Laurence Scott, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
• The flippancy with which the collapsologues declare that this future is just around the corner can be quite chilling.
  — Harrison Stetler, The New York Review of Books, 21 Jan. 2020
• There’s a devil-may-care energy to both of them that turns the flippancy of their side-eye into eye-banging without even trying.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 May 2020
• Our founding fathers would not have laughed about treason or treated it with such flippancy.
  — Karine Jean-Pierre, Teen Vogue, 13 Feb. 2018
• Connery did not think his flippancy made Bond minor, but the opposite.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2021
• Beyond its childish flippancy, the dismissal carried the tone of having been practiced ahead of time—a retort aimed for the president’s ears via Tucker Carlson’s show that night.
  — Tom Zoellner, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
• In the end, Georgia decided to work on herself, confronting Gerrie with some hard honesty and apologizing to Stevan for her flippancy.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2022
• More concerning is the flippancy with which Trump continues to treat American allies.
  — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 2 Feb. 2017
• Like most of Coward’s work, Blithe Spirit contains his signature flippancy.
  — Jim Rutter, Philly.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• But flippancy is rare in these essays and personal reflections even rarer.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 4 June 2021
• Similarly, the leaden jokiness of the Iceland scenes that introduce Aquaman have been replaced by a more serious, even solemn tone, grounding the character’s flippancy in pain.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Frances uses messages to construct a closed, cutting version of herself, leaning on flippancy to avoid emotional engagement.
  — Isobel Thompson, A-LIST, 10 Aug. 2017
• But the flippancy this woman will no doubt rue having exhibited on camera is not only unfortunate for her personal health.
  — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2020
• The volatility of his behavior during February and March—the veering between flippancy and rage, breezy denial and dark fear-mongering—may not seem to demand further explanation.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2020
• Still, Lowndes noted that no one should mistake Harriett’s lighthearted nature for flippancy or frivolousness.
  — Scott Maxwell, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 July 2018
• That theme has consistently enriched the story, adding a depth that counteracts Devi’s flippancy and that makes her mother, the wonderful Poorna Jagannathan’s Nalini, into a moving figure.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
• The elements of flippancy and irony that are popular currency among today’s referential artists are completely absent from her enterprise.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
• But longtime observers say that hallmark flippancy masks relentless drive and determination.
  — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019
• Assessing and dealing with climate risk in an environment of highly uncertain science and expensive options is challenging enough without having to entertain the flippancy of your columnist.
  — Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011
• Her arch irony, even flippancy, provides a markedly different interpretation than Ann Dowd’s terrifying portrayal for Hulu.
  — Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2019
• During the news conference, one NASA official demonstrated outright flippancy toward tropical weather.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2022
• Queer hairlessness and punk machismo flippancy as radical antagonism skinhead.
  — Roberta Smith, Martha Schwendener, Jason Farago and Will Heinrich, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• The Democratic presidential aspirants received the injurious compliment of being taken seriously in their aspirations, which are characterized by a disqualifying flippancy.
  — George Will, National Review, 1 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024