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)

"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)

Still in that solitary place—on a path rarely trodden—there is no great danger; and knowing this, they dismount and make their bivouac sans souci.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

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