laisser aller

Example Sentences

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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

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)

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

You have never before had that laisser-aller of a writer which shows the hidden strength.'

From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm

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