How to Use carefree in a Sentence

carefree

adjective
  • They spent a carefree day at the lake.
  • She has a carefree attitude toward life.
  • To her, these are just the plain facts of her carefree life.
    Vulture, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The aim was to be carefree, but the menus were anything but.
    Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
  • My house, that was pet-free (and thus, carefree) for the first time in many, many years.
    Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The camp felt safe, a carefree place to swim and canoe, build fires and make arts and crafts.
    Katy Read, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Many people have a day off work, so the mood is carefree.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 30 June 2020
  • One of the last happy, carefree times for us as children on the cusp of our teenage years.
    Time, 6 June 2023
  • And make cooking at home more carefree with the help of an air fryer.
    Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2024
  • So what else does Teyana Taylor swear by to put her in a carefree mood?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The music video for the song lives in the world of Dirt Femme, as Tove Lo goes on a carefree joyride through the desert with a robot lover.
    Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In the early 1970s, Sally and I were young, carefree, and working in D.C.
    Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • That version of the film, the filmmakers say, was a more carefree romp.
    Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • Hunters in the Snow contrasts the hard-working hunters with a group of carefree ice skaters playing in the background.
    Tim Brinkhof, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • My dad, on the other hand, is a bit more carefree with his money.
    refinery29.com, 17 July 2024
  • The carefree Lebanese nature, the answer to dramas in the past, was replaced by anger and fear.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2020
  • But Stanley, now 30, is a long way from those carefree days.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • The carefree boho vibes, the colorful retro feels, and the fun, free-flowing pieces?
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In recent years, good times and carefree vibes have been hard for Baffert to find on the Triple Crown trail.
    Joe Drape, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • Cole plays Ryan in the film, a high-ranking student who lives carefree.
    cleveland, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The carefree atmosphere was conducive to fun times on the pitch.
    Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 20 May 2021
  • The fire quickly transformed their dreams of a carefree life in their new home-away-from-home to a nightmare.
    Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Rob Gronkowski shrugged and smiled as only the carefree Gronk can.
    Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The afternoon followed the course of most others, with many carefree hours on the beach.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2022
  • The carefree Shay quickly became the show’s highlight, what with her blunt comments and fierce love for the joys of life.
    Vulture, 5 June 2023
  • But a carefree trip in an EV up and down the state on Interstate 5 in a non-Tesla car?
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • This print shows a bison crossing the road, in that carefree kind of way only a giant (and docile) beast of the west can.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • All these meals promote hands-on, carefree eating from the same dish with your loved one.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Milanovic called for unity and an effort to ensure that schools are a safe and carefree place for children.
    Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Dressed in dark denim and white sneakers, a carefree Sweeney modeled her Adventure mini nappa leather bag, which retails for $3,050, from a balcony.
    Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024

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