laisser aller
Example Sentences
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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
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
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)
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)
Its easy laisser-aller, its lax rule, and its indifference to regular forms were at an end.
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
