The clerk glanced up haughtily, inspected his fingernails with elaborate unconcern.

And then with elaborate unconcern: "I don't suppose we shall see Professor van Draak again."

With elaborate unconcern he said to his silent assistant, "Do remind me to watch the playback of their tapes."

Bruno cut himself a last chop with a steaming kidney attached, used it to wave his men with elaborate unconcern into their rough and barely-disciplined line.

The Krug girl sat down before the new house with an air of elaborate unconcern.

Yorke shrugged his shoulders with elaborate unconcern.

"Oh, yes," she said with elaborate unconcern.

He turned a concentrated attention on the record book before him, following up entries with elaborate unconcern.

He spoke with elaborate unconcern, trying to mask his worry.

They were abreast of one another; and Nagel walked straight on without the slightest acknowledgement other than a look of elaborate unconcern.