looseness

Example Sentences

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Ball, now 10 years removed from the 35-0, national championship season with the Huskies, still plays with the looseness of the freshman who was hooping with his older brothers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Frankie Celenza approaches the Feast with a kind of joyful unseriousness — the exact mix of reverence and looseness that makes the tradition so lovable.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

To have one’s emails set to lowercase implies a looseness, a conversational tone, and sends its own message.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025

The performances are utterly different — Colman’s every facial muscle is tightly controlled; Buckley is all looseness — and yet there’s a connection between them; you can, somehow, imagine these women as friends.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

They are greedy, reckless words, loose and infuriating, but hard to dismiss because underneath, holding up the looseness like a palm, are the drums that put Fifth Avenue into focus.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison