devil-may-care

Example Sentences

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The lime-green background and blurry typography on the cover of her sixth album, “Brat,” quickly became internet shorthand for the season’s pursuit of devil-may-care indulgence and personal adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

With dark blond hair and hazel eyes, Denise had a youthful beauty and hid her tough circumstances under a devil-may-care attitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Gone, too, was the shrugging, devil-may-care plausible deniability.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024

This time around, her email says essentially the same thing, but is tied up in a more devil-may-care bow.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Johnny looked like a handsome, devil-may-care Irish boy instead of the husband of a scrubwoman and the father of two children who were always hungry.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith