Sentences with phrase «by nonchalance»

These are intense characterizations, made more so by the nonchalance of facing off against enemies — personal and political — that is integral to the job description.

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I wonder in particular whether employing the concept «gay people» with such nonchalance may communicate a familiarity and friendliness with this concept that is unmerited by its pedigree.

The genuine nonchalance is backed up by the strength he's added to his frame.

While a lot of goals would be conceded, the sheer nonchalance of a side managed by the former Manchester United man would be something to behold.

I love the confidence displayed in this photo by Gráinne Kerr of Northern Ireland, UK, in her seeming nonchalance, when, in fact, she has everything under control.

Seche, whose studied nonchalance is seen as indifference by some and just plain boredom to others, was soundly trounced by an almost 2 - 1 margin.

Slevin, it turns out, is the name of our hero, an ostensibly regular guy played with disarming nonchalance (given his predicament) by Josh Hartnett.

Acting with nonchalance, which is how she generally carriers herself, she seeks to undo the deed quietly, by getting an abortion.

In fact, driving through downtown San Francisco with the top down, we were getting so many rubbernecking looks that we began to nod in George Cloonian nonchalance as we cruised by the star - struck pedestrians.

Marked by their luxuriant use of materials, different styles, and incongruous combinations — like an eggshell nesting in a bronze tablet — the objects sit on the floor with an air of nonchalance.

Abstraction dominates, as do canvas and other stretched fabrics, along with an air of studied nonchalance, especially in works by Michael Majerus, Michael Krebber, Blinky Palermo and Reena Spaulings (spots of red wine on a tablecloth — how daring).»

While his sculptural assemblages are towered by a nearby Dywer Killcollin column, they hold their own with unassuming nonchalance.

It doesn't seem so, and in some ways the entire week felt like a gigantic exercise in expectation management: Crossed Arms, Legitimate Constraints & Fidgeting Phone Use The exercise began at the opening ceremony, where body language seemed to reveal the subtext of the speeches: From Tony Blair's nonchalance and statements on how establishing a path was more important that specific targets, to Todd Stern's crossed arms and not - so - thinly veiled reference to «legitimate constraints» in US politics, to India's environment minister seemingly frustrated by it all, at times resting his head on his hands or fiddling with his Blackberry, all with an air of «nothing important is going to happen here», what wasn't verbalized was as important as what was.