What is "blase"

Usage examples of "blase".

He knew some scavengers and even starship crews who had grown blase about procedures, always moaning at Confederation Astronautics Board operational safety requirements.

She quickly scanned the startled pedestrians, slowed down by the galvanizing shout which had caught the attention of even blasé New York night strollers.

There is something blasé and insincere about De Bock that oppresses me.

It was the usual Campari meal, something for even the most blase epicure to dream about, and captain Bullen, for once and understandably, made an exception to his rule that neither he nor his officers should drink with lunch.

Although we should not be blase about the prospects for any of the moderate Arabs, the state that we must be most concerned about is Jordan, which is dependent on exports of Iraqi oil and Iraqi imports of Jordanian goods.

Frank, in obedience to law which not even the most efficient jinns can set aside, found himself growing a little over-particular, a little blase, a little inclined to criticize and find fault.

Either he had no idea what would be happening on the ground, or he was blase because that was his job.

So she apologized profusely and Clarend finally ended his tirade against careless, derelict, wanton, blase, feeble-minded, lack-witted singers and their sins, errors and shame.

You never fully shook off the adrenalin rush no matter how many missions you undertook - the consensus was that the day you felt completely blase about a forthcoming engage-ment was either the day you were going to die or the day you should resign your commission forthwith - but the way she felt now was worryingly similar to how she'd felt before those early missions.

My father, who was tired and disgusted with every thing, blase au fond, met the Prince more than half way.

But when we are confronted with a block with an estimated weight of 20,000 tons, our imagination, made rather blase by the technical achievements of today, is given its severest shock.