happy-go-lucky

Example Sentences

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My high school yearbook described me as "happy go lucky," a pretty accurate assessment; my father kept a smile on his face to the end, a trait she admired.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021

He said, his mother, once a happy go lucky woman, "went to pieces" and was never the same after losing her son.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2021

“I’m not happy go lucky about this, just to be happy go lucky,” Taillon said Saturday during the Pirates’ annual fan festival at PNC Park.

From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2020

From the trailer, this looks like a big, huge, classic musical — it’s quirky, happy go lucky, and Jackman looks kind of manic.

From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2017

Bahama Jack was a happy go lucky sort of a sailor and he came to this country and worked for a while on a lumber schooner running from Florida to Boston.

From The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht by Stratemeyer, Edward