sans souci
Americanadjective
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
“Chevaliers en ce monde cy Ne peuvent vivre sans souci; Ils doivent le peuple defendre, Et leur sang pour la foi espandre.”
From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.
"Quand je serai là," he was wont to say, pointing to where his dogs were buried in the palace park, "je serai sans souci."
From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley
The other two took no trouble with the pack-animals, but rode on in front, conversing sans souci, and in a somewhat jocular vein.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
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
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