lightheartedness

Example Sentences

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Jack Bratich, a journalism professor at Rutgers University who studies political culture and social media, said Mamdani has shown he is able to combine a lightheartedness with serious conversations.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

The pair think it’s that kind of lightheartedness that keeps Kate and Jack intact and grounded.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Terms like “chat” also speak to the cultural norms being shaped among young people—notably, the desire to cope with the natural stress or anxiety of growing up with humor and lightheartedness.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

But she also brings a determined lightheartedness to her new songs, somehow managing not to take them too seriously.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

For all his lightheartedness he had suffered much.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom