Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "nonchalant" is om kalm, ontspanne en onbesorgd te voorkom of om 'n toevallige gebrek aan belangstelling of entoesiasme te toon.
Emerging from the dark street, Lyra strolled across the square with a nonchalant stride, acting as if it were as normal as breathing.
She tried to act nonchalant, but her heart was pounding.
In truth, I was discouraged by their nonchalant reaction to the splendid welcome.
Instead, I enjoy the rolling countryside of northwest Arkansas with the budding sycamore and maple trees, fields full of rolled hay and nonchalant cows and little rolling streams crossing the highway.
Her mother asked, in a nonchalant manner, if it was yet working.
I try to look nonchalant, then I smile and fob off my remark with quips and suppositions.
He had to get the truth from this man, even if it meant him sounding nonchalant.
Lance stared at her black bra, shocked at how nonchalant she was about her near-nudity.
I swallowed past the dryness in my throat and tried to act nonchalant.
I took another sip and looked around the bank, trying to act nonchalant.
