How to Use lighthearted in a Sentence
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Jordan keeps it just as lighthearted and fun through the rest of the show.
— Outside Online, 16 July 2022 -
The football scene was the only lighthearted moment in the movie.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022 -
The room dissolved into laughter, and the lighthearted moment buoyed the rest of the evening.
— Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 May 2024 -
In a world that has seemed hectic over the last few years, the sign war has brought some lighthearted, local fun to the area.
— Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022 -
Save the World is as a more lighthearted, less angsty Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022 -
The mood on my bus, which had started out lighthearted and jovial, began to turn.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024 -
So Tarter likes that the tone for typical work is lighthearted and fun.
— Michael Schroeder, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2022 -
When a game lasts for dozens of hours, lighthearted moments are a welcome breather.
— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 22 June 2023 -
There’s a sense that everything’s fun and lighthearted at Richard and Heather’s.
— Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023 -
But the tone of Wednesday’s event stayed both lighthearted and sincere.
— BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023 -
The video features the two actors, first in a tense scene before pivoting to more lighthearted clips of the pair.
— Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2023 -
And the same could be said of the genre’s more lighthearted — and lightheaded — cousin, the mockumentary.
— James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023 -
Leave it to Keke Palmer to ask the skin-care questions a lot of us are wondering as well — in the most lighthearted and honest way.
— Chelsea Avila, Allure, 11 Aug. 2022 -
Leo July 23-August 22 The mood is shifting between lighthearted and heavy at the drop of a hat.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023 -
So there was this sort of fun, sunny element to a lot of the bands — maybe a slightly more lighthearted tone.
— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021 -
For a lighthearted take on the day, Valentine's Day jokes are a quick and funny solution.
— Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Of the cast, Hassan often serves as the lighthearted, bubbly voice of reason among the six New Yorkers.
— Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023 -
Alex’s lighthearted handful of royal tush couldn’t come soon enough — if not for the film, then for pop culture at large.
— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023 -
That’s why, for him, the music — even the soundtrack’s most lighthearted bops — didn’t feel like a parody.
— Cat Cardenas, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024 -
While the Sussexes' visit to the school was lighthearted and brief, their impact on the students won't end with the reading.
— Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2021 -
Take the older, quieter teen out for dinner and keep it lighthearted.
— Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024 -
There was a lighthearted moment in the first half when Roach came up with a loose ball and was trying to take it up court in transition.
— Josh Dubow, ajc, 25 Mar. 2022 -
As lighthearted as the event can be, Fritz said what happened Monday was a reminder of the threats these bears often encounter in the wild.
— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024 -
And while the show takes very heavy topics and treats them in a lighthearted way her true mission is anything but trivial.
— Devaughn Douglas, Essence, 2 Oct. 2022 -
The rest of the time, co-writer-director Samuel Benchetrit’s lighthearted romp struggles to find a place for itself.
— Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021 -
The Skywalker Saga is a lighthearted and easygoing send-up of the nine mainline Star Wars films.
— Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2022 -
Even though some of the fruitpology videos are lighthearted, most of them are smiling-through-the-pain funny.
— Sanibel Chai, ELLE, 25 May 2023 -
The day featured a blend of sincere, touching moments and lighthearted, goofy ones.
— Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023 -
The video ended on a lighthearted note with her at an American Girl doll store with her daughter Olympia.
— Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Though Behar and Griffin mostly have a warm relationship on air, the former has made lighthearted jabs at Griffin in the past.
— EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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