heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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"I have heard Dr. Mackey declare several times that he was heart-free, that he had never cared for any woman, and consequently had never married."
From Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier by Edward Stratemeyer
In those happy days ere meeting Bessie he was heart-free and care-free.
From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Burt L. Standish
After a round of joyous, heart-free, and innocent familiarities with various youthful admirers, she finally becomes an admirable wife and housekeeper.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps
"Chance certainly, seems against your schemes and mine, my lord Cardinal," he said; "for that butterfly is heart-free and indolent, whilst the woman of forty is a queen."
From The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Then with the unfettered sea he mixed his soul In great rejoicing union, while the ships Crashing and soaring o'er the heart-free waves Drave ever straight for Spain.
From Collected Poems Volume One by Alfred Noyes
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