By the way," I said, trying to sound nonchalant, "he used to talk about this quite a lot.

She tried to sound nonchalant, but an edge crept into her tone.

He tried to sound nonchalant, but his interest was more than casual.

He wanted to sound nonchalant but I could hear the nerves.

I tried to sound nonchalant and in control, as if I asked men out all the time.

Beverly was startled and then, quickly, she tried to sound nonchalant.

His hand trembled ever so slightly just thinking about it, but he wanted to sound nonchalant.

I tried to sound nonchalant, but didn't quite manage it.

She thought that Bill was trying to sound nonchalant, nonjudgmental.

Tara, who was used to being left in the care of servants, tried very hard to sound nonchalant.