laisser aller

Example Sentences

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That laisser-aller policy of his threatens to land us in serious difficulties.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

There was a delightfully free-and-easy, laisser-aller air about everybody and everything at Nome City, which would, perhaps, have jarred upon an ultra-respectable mind.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry

This was often mortifying to me, but I think I liked it better on the whole than the laisser-aller indifference of Washington.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony

With the "laisser-aller" of a tired man, he trusted to his luck, which had so far served him well.

From Maitre Cornelius by Balzac, Honoré de

Its easy laisser-aller, its lax rule, and its indifference to regular forms were at an end.

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.