How to Use flippancy in a Sentence

flippancy

noun

• Our founding fathers would not have laughed about treason or treated it with such flippancy.
  — Karine Jean-Pierre, Teen Vogue, 13 Feb. 2018
• Even the most emotive Memmos have a flippancy to them, not helped by their brevity.
  — Laurence Scott, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
• The singer’s flippancy aside, the Jesus Lizard endures as a force.
  — Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• Connery did not think his flippancy made Bond minor, but the opposite.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2021
• To me, Don’t Look Up was a one-note flippancy; its only virtue was its stunning cast.
  — The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
• Almodovar’s flippancy here is his tribute to the relentless of his women.
  — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
• The flippancy with which these characters are made to bite the dust establishes the film’s combustible tone.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
• Or how being late or canceling at the last minute is treated with less flippancy than in America.
  — Catherine Heald, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
• 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
• But, as Marian wrote in a letter, Lewes’s flippancy masked great conscience and heart.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Gone are the days of treating the vast majority of our skin with unwarranted flippancy.
  — Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
• 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
• But flippancy is rare in these essays and personal reflections even rarer.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 4 June 2021
• Before the dominance of music streaming, fans could treat the coming and going of micro-genres with a jokey flippancy.
  — Amos Barshad, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
• But the flippancy of the phrase belies the detailed precision with which the Sky plan to manufacture 3-point looks.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
• 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
• Like most of Coward’s work, Blithe Spirit contains his signature flippancy.
  — Jim Rutter, Philly.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• Crucial here is that the markets confirm the flippancy found in the previous question, and much more importantly, would have confirmed it then if anyone had been asking.
  — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
• 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 longtime observers say that hallmark flippancy masks relentless drive and determination.
  — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019
• The two actors play off each other well enough, contrasting Damon’s caustic deadpan with Affleck’s devil-may-care flippancy.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
• Still, Lowndes noted that no one should mistake Harriett’s lighthearted nature for flippancy or frivolousness.
  — Scott Maxwell, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 July 2018
• SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
• 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
• This flippancy may have more than a little to do with the freediving community’s attitude toward Šobat’s breath-holding achievements.
  — Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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