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

So much of Calloway’s persona rested on her brilliant ideas tempered by charming ineptitude, her devil-may-care approach to her own fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024

So, with that history, I just threw everything into it in a kind of devil-may-care way.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2024

“Sure,” Luke said, struggling to sound as devil-may-care as Mark.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix