laisser aller
Example Sentences
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But who could have believed in such complete indifference, in the utter laisser-aller of such a life?
From A Daughter of Eve by Balzac, Honoré de
Rather it gives one the impression that old traditions are all but dead and that it is mere improvidence and laisser-aller that allows them to exist.
From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Its easy laisser-aller, its lax rule, and its indifference to regular forms were at an end.
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
How had we never remembered all we had heard of her love of laisser-aller, her taste for adventure, her delight in travelling, when she could, unattended and incognita?
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
