Example Sentences

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And yet Doris had turned from him carelessly, almost floutingly, with this light, meaningless talk about the mermaid's hair.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Banks, Nancy Huston

"Gadso! they can't all be lost!" exclaimed old Mivane floutingly.

From The Frontiersmen by Murfree, Mary Noailles