lightness

Example Sentences

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“The lightness was forced, and the joy was a lie,” she tells him.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Filmed in various locations around Scotland, including the Stirlingshire village of Gartmore, it's described by Brian Cox as "a love letter" to Scotland, and some much needed lightness in troubled times.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In that vision, hue, saturation and lightness would be determined entirely by geometry and the principle of greatest color similarity.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Alexander’s production of “Sweeney Todd” has breadth and heft, but also intimacy and lightness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

His body is a paradox of mass and lightness, crafted to slip through air with the ease of an arrow.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand