laisser aller

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.

This in spite of the alleged tendency in what is commonly known as a relaxing climate toward laisser-aller.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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

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