The reading public-a body rather captious and blase, possibly-overlooked his rugged diction in favour of his novel point of view; and when word was passed around that the new author was actually in town a number of the illuminati expressed their gracious desire to meet him.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
There were a dozen in the party-a blase, bored collection of human beings who had dined out so incessantly that eating was a punishment.
"Jane Cable"
George Barr McCutcheon
And the blase, weak-minded man of fashion is here, as well as the young "symbolist" of perverted, degraded mind.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola