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Examples of happy-go-lucky in a Sentence
he is completely happy-go-lucky on fishing trips—if he catches something, fine; if he doesn't, that's fine, too
went on her happy-go-lucky way, totally unaware that she was strewing litter behind her
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However, this happy-go-lucky transit is immediately clouded by an opposition to Pluto in Aquarius on July 3, triggering intense and possibly transformative discussions or power struggles.
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Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
Joy has been carefully tending this belief system, chucking Riley’s bad memories to the back of her mind, creating a happy-go-lucky kid who is totally ill-equipped for what’s coming: puberty.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 14 June 2024
Yet The Newton Boys is appealing for similar reasons, rejecting both conventional and revisionist Westerns in favor of a knockabout, happy-go-lucky treatment of bank-robbing brothers who are loathe to reach for their guns.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Advertisement Joy has been carefully tending this belief system, chucking Riley’s bad memories like marbles to the back of her mind, creating a happy-go-lucky kid who is totally ill-equipped for what’s coming: puberty, along with a group of new, more complex emotions.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
Joy has been carefully tending this belief system, chucking Riley’s bad memories to the back of her mind, creating a happy-go-lucky kid who is totally ill-equipped for what’s coming: puberty.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 14 June 2024
Yet The Newton Boys is appealing for similar reasons, rejecting both conventional and revisionist Westerns in favor of a knockabout, happy-go-lucky treatment of bank-robbing brothers who are loathe to reach for their guns.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Advertisement Joy has been carefully tending this belief system, chucking Riley’s bad memories like marbles to the back of her mind, creating a happy-go-lucky kid who is totally ill-equipped for what’s coming: puberty, along with a group of new, more complex emotions.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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“Happy-go-lucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happy-go-lucky. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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