lighthearted

Example Sentences

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Lighthearted moments are few, as are colors from winds or brass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Lighthearted and even juvenile humor is also back in a big way.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

Lighthearted charm carries the video, from the Snapchat-like filters that embellish Brown’s reactions to the spirited, British-accented readings he gives the half-dozen or so excerpts.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2018

Lighthearted and anecdotal, she recalls her Hollywood days with clarity but seems, with the distance of the intervening decades, to no longer be in their thrall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2017

Lighthearted now, I put one foot on the wagon axle, whistled for T.R., and swung myself to the driver’s seat.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns