sans souci

Example Sentences

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He threw me one of those sans souci smiles he’d been tossing at me since the beginning of the year.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Then pointing to the grave, he said: "When I lie there—Je serais sans souci!"

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

She was so happy and bright, a sans souci maiden whom he lost no time in winning to his own colors, by the magic of a well-stored mind and an eloquent tongue.

From Idle Hour Stories by Potts, Eugenia Dunlap

"Let us seek, even while we live, to be sans souci, and as evidence that I will strive for this, this house shall be called 'Sans-Souci!'"

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

The look of indifference, the rather mocking smile, the sans souci, which are the chief characteristics of his face, altered.

From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor