Example Sentences

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Recently, someone offhandedly shared her weekend plan to binge “The Chair Company” on Netflix.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025

Most people, I think, still have a positive association with the name, and Tupperware’s problem is that the company doesn’t actually get paid when someone offhandedly refers to their Rubbermaid or OXO container as “Tupperware.”

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2024

As the team reset for a complex shot accompanied by a relentlessly looped fragment from her track, Aftab whispered offhandedly to a cameraperson, “Thank God the song is good!”

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

Toward the end of the song Del Rey says in an offhandedly conversational manner, “Join the party. By the way, the party is Dec. 18.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

That said, the president himself didn’t treat the occasion as offhandedly as posterity has sometimes had it.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith