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ADJECTIVE
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uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
his blase indifference
a petulant blase air
the bored gaze of the successful film star -
very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
the benefits of his worldly wisdom
the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond' -
nonchalantly unconcerned
a blase attitude about housecleaning
How To Use blase In A Sentence
- On Sundaye mornynges itt is a fayre sighte to see her going to and fro churche in a _chapeau de Paris de la dernyère agonie_, bearyng a _parasolett a la ripp snap mettez-la encore debout_ style; and whych shee sayes is like a _homme blasé_, because it is Used Upp. Sundaie afternoon yee may find her in ye The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
- What is particularly worrying is the somewhat blasé attitude to the subject. The Sun
- If you use 2 Blaser vanes they will hold up to many-many shots through the whiskers. Drop away rests or a 2 pronged rest, or a Whisker biscuit
- The older travellers were certainly not blasés; they seemed to find pleasure and beauty wherever they looked: Ca da Mosto (1455), visiting the Senegal, detected in this graveolent substance, fit only for wheel-axles, a threefold property, that of smelling like violets, of tasting like oil of olives, and tinging victuals like saffron, with a colour still finer. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
- Over the years Scotland has got too blasé about its snooker players. Times, Sunday Times
- And it has grabbed an audience that had become quite blasé about cop suspense drama. Times, Sunday Times
- It is easy to become blasé, forgetting the relatively recent days when such initiative was simply dismissed as too difficult. Times, Sunday Times
- But then in a sense I'm quite blasé about special birds. Times, Sunday Times
- Robin Blaser told me there is no necessary knowledge. From the Book of Mythologies : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
- And it has grabbed an audience that had become quite blasé about cop suspense drama. Times, Sunday Times