How To Use Laid-back In A Sentence

Bunker is chic and arty without being too pretentious, and its friendly, laid-back vibe is infectious.
Toure sounds outrageously laid-back, but the insistent rhythmic pulse in his music is hypnotic and irresistible.
About half the time, the songs are laid-back - mellow even - and meander casually along with long, rich, drawn-out horn solos and harmonies.
The lessons are geared towards beginners and the lessons are friendly and laid-back.
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But in direct contrast to this point the laid-back attitude is an awfully good antidote to stress - in theory.
Although Freyen was more of a laid-back character, Marlo completed the duo with his smart remarks and sarcastic jokes.
The laid-back star, who turns 40 next year, swears she loves getting older.
So far, though, the inspectors themselves have displayed a rather more lenient, laid-back approach.
Nestled just off the main drag of expat ghetto Holland Village, Original Sin offers laid-back ambience, attentive staff - and darn good food.
The two make an odd couple both physically and emotionally - bulky, brooding, irascible Crowe contrasting with laid-back, long-limbed Bettany.
Just give the disappointing sequel a miss for fears of spoiling the excellence that lies within this self-contained laid-back comedic charmer.
Even at the best of times, Nicholls is hardly a model of laid-back insouciance.
The laid-back, improvisational weaving of the parts bore the confident mark of their maker, a choreographer in his shining prime.
The gently soothing flute arrangements give a vaguely laid-back chilled perspective to the overall process.
A salmon-colored sweatshirt for men treated to look faded and nubby jackets were meant to evoke Los Angeles' laid-back, lived-in vibe. Resort Wear from Calvin Klein, Jason Wu and Marc by Marc Jacobs
The rising star has been cooking up quite a storm of late with her laid-back jazz style and blend of funk, soul, hip-hop, Latin and deep house.
Indeed, while Cole has a reputation for being at times a sulky figure in public, that probably stems from a distrust of the media and experience is changing him into a more laid-back character.
CROWLEY (voice-over): John Kerry opted for another laid-back predebate down day in New Mexico, amid great expectations inside the campaign. CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2004
Therefore, it is common to see laid-back dogs lolling in the streets, the sidewalks and the curbsides.
In 1996 he revealed his laid-back attitude to his work after vandals smashed up a life-size model of a plane.
He even provides the film with a slight tinge of laid-back silly humour at times.
Meanwhile, Patrick - confident and laid-back - is trying to finish with the vivacious Susan.
Topsham is a real find, with both historical and maritime interest and a friendly, laid-back atmosphere.
I loved the laid-back, but still supercool environment.
Prince worked in the weight room, but because he never buffed up - and because of his overall laid-back demeanor - folks assumed he simply was not willing to work hard enough.
Bill pointed it out to me, with laid-back glee, when we bumped into each other on the corner of Denmark Street.
He is surprised that someone as laid-back and easy-going as she is could be so successful in a tough business.
Given who we are, our national day should be laid-back, low-key, and - yes - ambivalent about our progress.
When the band plays, the jazz is cool, the atmosphere is laid-back and the bar service is quiet but efficient.
Remember before the Microsoft era, back when the archetype of the computer engineer was not that of a laid-back, semi-cool, scruffy geek but that of a strait-laced, uptight, button-down IBM company man with a company haircut? Gene and the Machine: The shocking truth about the electric Volt
Speed is not the attraction to this style of diving and trips emanate a laid-back feeling which is further enhanced by the crews - nothing gets done in a hurry, and it comes as a huge welcome that nothing needs to be.
He liked to think he was a laid-back kind of guy; nothing riled him and certainly women didn't get him all worked up.
Bunker is chic and arty without being too pretentious, and its friendly, laid-back vibe is infectious.
We both grew up there, and I'd say he's a typical Borders lad, very easygoing and laid-back.
He is also an unrepentantly laid-back hankerer for the surf-and-grass California scene.
It's a rock edge that easily veers over to double-time punk or laid-back ska.
The titular porch may only be figurative, but the dulcifying vibe of a laid-back afternoon hang amongst congenial compadres comes across loud and clear.
A friend of mine has a theory that everyone is either an anal, obsessive Bert or a laid-back Ernie.
The comparatively open spaces made for a relaxed atmosphere as a very laid-back audience stretched out in the warm weather to enjoy the sounds wafting over from the main stage.
He preferred the laid-back life of a briefless barrister.
You can see from this weekend that it's all very informal, with casual dress and a laid-back atmosphere.
Charles is a musician and an inveterate computer freak who was - is - broadly liberal and nonjudgmental in a laid-back musicianly sort of way.
: Belgium's self-destructive politics the Belgium I know is a laid-back, relaxed place with a well-developed sense of humour about itself. Belgium as seen by Charlemagne
He was a laid-back and friendly chap who loved a beer and his sport.
He is known by those who have worked with him for his laid-back, friendly style.
But quickly the piece settles down into a more soulful, chill pace, constructed from a rapid-fire series of laid-back instrumental segments.
Whether it be buckle-front carry-alls or laid-back hip swingers just like a postman bag, casual luxe for this season is truly defined.
Harvey, with his public school accent and laid-back manner, was a different kettle of fish.
Gold's milieu, the laid-back '70s, saw things move away from the highly tailored mod look to unisex dressing inspired by the sexual revolution and feminism.
The bar is always good for a laid-back sundowner or three… and if you hang in there long enough you might even catch a live rock act towards the end of the evening.
Passengers at Scotland's busiest airport are set to become the most unfazed and laid-back in Britain.
So tapas is was, then a wee beer and a few phone calls later we ended up in Chaplins, a nice little laid-back place with some cool sounds on the stereo and some even cooler folks to chat with -- mainly comics guys, as I recall, one of them over from Germany. Famous in Finland, Fixture in France
In the same way a hard-working employee can annoy his more laid-back colleagues by showing them up, so a swot tends to annoy his less bright, less studious classmates.
He couldn't have been more casual, more laid-back, more brutal.
When the band plays, the jazz is cool, the atmosphere is laid-back and the bar service is quiet but efficient.
This was less jazzy, but still cool and laid-back, exercising a more minimal and subtle sound.
Its African hosts offer tips on gigs, clips of their favourite CDs, news from the studio and gossip from the dance floor, covering styles from Afrobeat to zouk and from laid-back mbira to full-on hip-hop.
An example for what “lavish” mean to those who are loaded, the building emphasizes and enhance the laid-back classiness of the Vancouver sea-side paradise. Parthenon Place, Luxurious Residence in Vancouver
With a silver ring glinting in his ear, and a fag dripping from the corner of his mouth he comes across as a laid-back guy who finds it hard to crack the whip when necessary.
They might even be prepared to overlook his enthusiasm for the euro, particularly in view of his laid-back attitude towards it.
Chai gamely set the laid-back tone right with the first look: bucket shorts and a rumpled balmacaan jacket tossed over a henley tank. The latest WWD Headlines
A tolerant, laid-back city, Beziers takes its wines and its festivals seriously.
The laid-back tone of the show is the same as ever: Big Hollywood events are sparsely interspersed with the monotony of the quotidian even if the quotidian is a high roller's. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
It's a laid-back, slightly quirky Egyptian town, with an economy that runs on diving and an unusually large population of cats and dogs, fed by indulgent Europeans.
Crackly vinyl sounds on laid-back guitar and stylophone close this album off with a warm smile and handshake, on the beautiful, beautiful ‘Last Walk Around Mirror Lake’.
I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she's so laid-back.
There is a laid-back informality to the food, which is mostly served in traditional Spanish baked clay bowls.
No wonder some of his MPs fret about whether he is simply too laid-back to maximise their potential.
And how can you not love the way ‘Melt’ starts with that laid-back, chiming intro and its backwards vocals, and then kicks into that massive caterwaul of guitars and drums?
The comparatively open spaces made for a relaxed atmosphere as a very laid-back audience stretched out in the warm weather to enjoy the sounds wafting over from the main stage.
New Zealanders might be characterised as having a laid-back national psyche.
Yes, the carpets were a thick purple plush and the walls were hung with a complex patterned wallpaper, but there was something about the atmosphere that seemed somewhat laid-back compared to the grandeur of outside.
So far, compared to Lord Hutton, he has taken a laid-back and leisurely approach.
But Streep is direct, laid-back but alert, and thoroughly unpretentious.
Staying self-catering in upcountry Alentejo, you soon pick up the laid-back lifestyle.
First Impression: Eartha is described as a laid-back nature lover. 5-Star Baby Name Advisor
That's why I've always believed that people who hunt, fish, hike, birdwatch or engage in any other nature-based activity tend to be - on average - much happier, less stressed and more laid-back than their angst-ridden concrete-dwelling cousins. Uncategorized Blog Posts
Wherever you go on on this laid-back island, the palm trees sway to the sounds of soca and calypso music.
The books say one surviving chick is the norm, but these eagles have been calm and laid-back—wonderful parents with a high success rate. Bird Cloud
It also lends a more laid-back and relaxed attitude to shopping.
Charlie is extremely nice and very much in the mould of Mr Chatterton, my old history teacher, in terms of his generally affable, laid-back, chatty nature.
Even at the height of the business day, Montpelier had an easy-going, laid-back way about it.
Pizza is a Saturday thing in our house, part of the increasingly popular laid-back lunch.
Puerto Angelo is a unique and laid-back beach get-away … Puerto Angel, Oaxaca: Little Jewel On The Bay
I limp down the street to sweet black coffee where the morning news is old news by now and stale headlines trickle in the city with a heart of gold in a world at war in a laid-back state.
Braxton Bragg," as the small boy has been christened, is the most laid-back kitty I ever met. July 18th, 2005
His chops curled back to reveal the fangs, laid-back yet potentially lethal.
Although we had an active vacation, Seattle's laid-back pace gave us a relaxing and affordable getaway.
Fans are used to Young's laid-back stage presence, the hunched shoulders, eyes often masked by cap or hat, the trademark shamble and lurch.
The Dutch are known for their rather laid-back attitude toward things the rest of the world tends to frown upon, which is one reason they're so much fun.
Nelson grins, radiating laid-back cheer, in contrast to Bennington's barely disguised wariness.
There are various other restaurants also dishing up delights for the laid-back diner - Italian pizzas cooked in woodfire ovens, Mexican yummies and delicious burgers big enough for two people.
While maintaining their dreamy melodies and laid-back grooves, the duo have deserted their trademark kids' TV samples and the like, for something more grown up.
Bunker is chic and arty without being too pretentious, and its friendly, laid-back vibe is infectious.
An easy four-hour drive from either Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, laid-back Melaka offers an idyllic contrast to both cities.
‘We're a very friendly, laid-back hunt with nothing toffee-nosed about us at all,’ says recently-promoted joint hunt master Judith Skilbeck, also whipper-in.
Even at the height of the business day, Montpelier had an easy-going, laid-back way about it.
The laid-back Horowitz had left the label chairmen to their jobs and never inserted himself into the one-on-one relationships they had with Ross. Fortune’s Fool
This was less jazzy, but still cool and laid-back, exercising a more minimal and subtle sound.
The former Portuguese colony once known as a laid-back hippy haven has seen tourist numbers decline following the 2008 rape and murder of the Devon teenager Scarlett Keeling. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
If some men can be described as laid-back, Berntsen is laid-forward, a bear-sized, gung-ho CIA officer with a pronounced Long Island accent who speaks Dari, one of the local Afghan languages. The Longest War
This gives us a false impression that medieval chant is relaxing, austere, laid-back and even a bit boring. . . Songs From the Old City on the Seine
He seems laid-back, non-judgmental and empathetic in his discussion of the people involved in the underground; his tales are often without clear villains.
Hellboy suggests the kind of loquaciously laid-back, dialogue-driven movie the comparatively clumsy Kevin Smith only wishes he could make, wickedly cool and soulfully deep amidst its superhero outsider story. Hellboy (2005): B+
Temperament is in the eye of the voter. Is one response evidence of composure and self-possession — or of being too laid-back and unassertive?
Made from the bendiest, softest leather I can imagine these lovely shoes waiting for me to slip my tired feet into at the end of a long day, for a laid-back look that's far from scruffy. Shoewawa
The award for Best Mandarin Female Performer went to Hong Kong's Karen Mok, who showcased her jazzy and laid-back vocals on the CD Precious.
However, Landry was laid-back about the public dressing-down.
It's such a laid-back, calm city and I felt very much at peace there.
Despite a laid-back image, Mickelson is highly competitive and a keen betting man who wants to win every activity he tries.
Charlie is extremely nice and very much in the mould of Mr Chatterton, my old history teacher, in terms of his generally affable, laid-back, chatty nature.
More laid-back students practice "slacklining - balancing on a loose piece of webbing tied between two trees."
A lifelong surfer from Hawaii known for his laid-back rock songs, he has steadily added green elements to his tours, including biofueled buses. Just Asking: The Long Green Road
Nonetheless, I'm grateful to be back in the laid-back peacefulness of my favourite University town.
Written almost entirely on the back porch of a remote cabin, the laid-back organic nature of the record is no surprise.
He struck me as very laid-back, kind of coy and not particularly trustworthy," says Greenspan when I speak to him. Facebook's intriguing world revealed
We played as if everyone in the audience was really, really smart and laid-back and hip.
Nice, laid-back, old pub, with no pretensions. Conveniently located near the Greenwich foot tunnel.
Bunker is chic and arty without being too pretentious, and its friendly, laid-back vibe is infectious.
On the laid-back tune, she entertains the thought of heading over to her bae's place during the wee hours of the morn.
Yet beneath the laid-back exterior, a lifelong love for playing sport still obviously burns away.
Knowing them to be a laid-back outfit, I was unamazed by the absence of copies, promotion or even mention of any new Gollancz title.
His laid-back attitude possibly disguises some internal strife for there is no underplaying the importance of every point won and lost at this stage.
He is surprised that someone as laid-back and easy-going as she is could be so successful in a tough business.
And whose laid-back approach to life, many note, stands in sharp contrast to that of his very close friend Jasmin Buttar, the ferocious deputy editor of the Today programme. Hugh Muir's diary
Getty Images THE DUDE: Although beach-blond bowl cuts are standard issue for surfer dudes, bald is a surprisingly acceptable style for laid-back brosefs like pro wave rider (and super stud) Kelly Slater. The Shorn Identity
Mr Rock paid tribute to the hospitality of the locals, as well as the relaxed and laid-back atmosphere which prevailed throughout the weekend.
Phil has these huge flights of fancy where he has a different plan for the future every five seconds, and has such a laid-back attitude, which I really admire.
We think they are too thoughtless and laid-back, they think we are cunning and manipulative.
Some regulars enter and yell a greeting across to the staff, a group of personable, laid-back types.
What was thought to be Obama's invincible, laid-back intellectual approach turned out to be "vincible". Obama Doesn't "Take Fox On," After All
I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she's so laid-back.
We're a very friendly, laid-back hunt with nothing toffee-nosed about us at all.
For laid-back people, their lateness is a part of their personality, they are aware of it and presumably not worried about appearing unconscientious.
According to the professor, the winners in an age that values these attributes include gay-friendly San Francisco, laid-back Austin, multiculti New York, and progressive Minneapolis.
I love the laid-back attitude and the fact that everything is done mañana - and that's absolutely fine by me.

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