levity

That startling theological question is among many moments of unexpected levity in “The Saviors,” Bubba Weiler’s tender and thoughtful new play about two teenage boys struggling with questions of faith and friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

"We felt there needed to be a sense of relief and levity for the audience. So, we can ease in and out of it. Otherwise, it's a lot."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The crowd was sullen, and the only levity came from my boys, 2 and 3, running up and down the hall, hiding and entertaining themselves with a wheelchair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In our dire age, a little bit of levity can often feel like a wager, staking your bets on an audience’s bandwidth for fun.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

These elements were acted on by two forces: gravity, the tendency for earth and water to sink, and levity, the tendency for air and fire to rise.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

But to whatever levities he has been betrayed, it does not appear that his principles were ever corrupted, or that he ever lost his belief of revelation.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

Their selection has uniformly tended either to inform and enlighten the understanding, to inculcate the purest lessons of morality, or to unbend the mind with innocent levities.

From The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository by Various

But the levities of Julia, to which Augustus could not be blind, compelled him to banish her—his only daughter—to the Campanian coast, where she died neglected and impoverished.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

Miss Grainger, who usually smiled at his levities, looked grave at this one, and no more was said, as they moved on towards the cottage.

From A Rent In A Cloud by Charles James Lever

These levities were at first encouraged by the Church, but afterwards, seeing the abuse of them, the priests were compelled to reprimand and restrain the people.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson