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
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Si l’homme n’a rien au-dessus de la bête, que ne coule-t-il ses jours comme elle, sans souci, sans inquiétude, sans dégout, sans tristesse, dans la félicité des sens et de la chair?”
From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
"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
Still in that solitary place—on a path rarely trodden—there is no great danger; and knowing this, they dismount and make their bivouac sans souci.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
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