The student had a very flippant attitude when the assignment was turned in late. From LearnThat.org.
Readers of Taine will recall his flippant Gaelic comment on Tennyson's conventional but cold words of lament. From Wordnik.com. [Modern English Books of Power] Reference
There are levels to him that rise and fall as his emotions do, yet underneath the flippant is a deep guy with a good heart. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
"The initial response was kind of flippant and cold," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Georgia State Officials Knew of Mass Failures Ahead of Tests] Reference
"Kleefield characterizes Obama's opening statement as 'flippant'". From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Debate Roundup] Reference
It's the kind of flippant remark we expect to hear from the Bumbler of Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Katovsky: Fighting Words: Calling it a Civil War in Iraq will help Democrats.] Reference
What is up with this use of the term 'flippant' to characterize Obama's assertions?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Says He Can Flip Deep South States. But Can He Really?] Reference
I think I'll change it now so people don't think it's some kind of flippant tribute. From Wordnik.com. [Death Notice: Sam Bottoms] Reference
If Obama is so 'flippant' where is the thread on Hillary being shown to be a facile liar?. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Debate Roundup] Reference
But in this case that kind of flippant statement gets us fairly close to what's, to the truth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2002] Reference
To say we made it all up is kind of flippant, but we werent concerned with responsibility or credibility. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 14, 2002 - July 20, 2002 Archives] Reference
As far as flippancy, well. . . if you read any of the 1200+ pieces I've posted in the past three years, "flippant" is how I roll. From Wordnik.com. [Avatar: 400 Million Dollars Worth of Disappointment - Pink Raygun.com] Reference
Peter - Exactly how was President Obama's response "flippant"?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Political Ticker] Reference
He refused to be drawn into this kind of flippant conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Ziska] Reference
My response to your "flippant" comment was also not meant to be taken seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Damn Interesting] Reference
But, I don't know -- for so big a space that seemed to me kind of -- well -- kind of flippant and undignified. From Wordnik.com. [The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation] Reference
But Opposition leader Mr Sadakazu Tanigaki of the Liberal Democratic Party described the remarks on the sales tax as "flippant". From Wordnik.com. [The Statesman] Reference
But such jests are irrelevant as well as flippant. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
If Ms. Gordon sounds flippant, she isn't trying to. From Wordnik.com. [Artist Kim Gordon Dabbles in Fashion] Reference
"Pax tea-cup! pax O biscuit!" began the flippant boy. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
BIANCULLI: That may make "Boston Med" sound flippant. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life Documentaries Trump Reality TV Every Day] Reference
Up until that point, the show had been kind of flippant. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Kors: Q&A With Harry Shearer: Voice of The Simpsons Speaking Up for New Orleans] Reference
Their male friend, Hernán García, wasn't quite so flippant. From Wordnik.com. [The Audacity Of Dope] Reference
And his flippant tone -- why the title's sophomoric double-entendre?. From Wordnik.com. [Trashing Mother Teresa] Reference
After this flippant and hard-hearted conduct, as it is described, the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
There is a flippant hearing which, while it listens, laughs Him to scorn. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Esther Taylor, a stylish girl with a flippant manner, laughed derisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
No one can remain in Gethsemane and retain a frivolous and flippant spirit. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
So she began to feel sorry for her flippant attitude and said in a more kindly tone. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
Mollie's flippant speech, she said, quite unexpectedly, even to herself, "All right.". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Elizabethlaughed in a way that she tried to sound flippant but came off as a bit nervous. From Wordnik.com. [A Momentary Lapse] Reference
Mr. Emerson becomes equally flippant and irreverent when he speaks of a "pistareen Providence.". From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
His statements are flippant, vacuous and unsubstantiated and his quotations seem out of context. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Crisis of Faith] Reference
Madge spoke in this flippant fashion to hide the real emotion she felt in seeing her friend again. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
The secularists were too flippant, too dismissive of real belief; the scholars, too dispassionate. From Wordnik.com. [A Rethinking of the Gospels] Reference
Discussing the details of the little dinner already referred to a flippant but devoted critic said. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
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