How To Use Light-hearted In A Sentence

He loves Anne Garland, but has a rival in his brother Bob, a cheerful, light-hearted sailor.
He had came back, light-hearted and happy, but muddy and grass stained.
Their light-hearted banter takes away the miseries of daily life. The Sun
Described by some reviews as a bonkbuster, it's a light-hearted expose of the funeral industry set in Birmingham.
He mentioned this to his cousin, but O’Hara, with a light-hearted reference to forewarning and forearming, refused to take the matter seriously. The Dancing Druids

This is light-hearted, but intelligent humour.
Here's a light-hearted look at how they may vote. The Sun
Instead, he could answer in a funny, light-hearted way, setting an upbeat tone for the evening.
His flashes of light-hearted humour were commonly tinged with an awesome critical irony.
Review: Light-hearted (skillfully borderline silly) and inventive story with strong characters and good back story about Kaz's bleb paranoia since the death of his parents at the "hands" of a bleb (a set of steak knives attached to a coat rack). REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #21 edited by Gardner Dozois
It is sometimes lively and light-hearted, sometimes slow and chill - and sometimes tranquil like new age music.
Soft colours such as lilac, rosy pink, light green and silver create a light-hearted effect.
But was it all light-hearted fun? Times, Sunday Times
She could also be light-hearted and uproariously funny.
It is sometimes lively and light-hearted, sometimes slow and chill - and sometimes tranquil like new age music.
It's not a biting criticism of the Anglican Church or of religion in general but a light-hearted poke at the churchmen of England.
Ryan's whole body tensed up and his jokey, light-hearted aura dissipated in a second.
When you are light-hearted your body manufactures different chemicals inside you than when you are unhappy. Times, Sunday Times
Postings and weblogs covering broad topics about Japan, with emphasis on legit news as well as humorous, light-hearted content.
He was very light-hearted, and he always knew how to make her laugh.
It's not a biting criticism of the Anglican Church or of religion in general but a light-hearted poke at the churchmen of England.
Witty and light-hearted, the play left behind an intriguing question in the minds of many viewers.
If you were doing a light-hearted story about the lot of a property steward, and wanted to convey a bit of spontaneity, forget it.
Good, light-hearted fun about a depressing response to a depressing subject. Discourse.net: DNC Having Some Fun
She gazed at the floorboard of the car confused and light-hearted with Sade's annoying company.
He used it to exchange light-hearted banter with his students. The Sun
The Upstagers present the light-hearted story of the American showman on July 15-19 at King's Hall.
Standing in the middle of the Main Street, looking at the crowd in front of him, his light-heartedness was quickly overwhelmed by dispiritedness.
Young people were engrossed in light-hearted banter, and seemed determined to stay till the end and enjoy the entire variety show.
But Margaret, thought Laura, could never emulate her light-hearted sister-in-law. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
It is one thing to put questions of this kind in a light-hearted quiz.
As I read the opening blurb, which is light-hearted and upbeat, my sense of shame subsided and I decided to take the plunge.
Durrell, as well as loving animals to distraction, also had the light-hearted touch of the raconteur. Why Johnny Morris was magic
She also uses light-hearted comments to put nervous guests at ease. Times, Sunday Times
He's really light-hearted and you can tell, he takes his racing seriously, as we all do, and it's a great thing.
He was also remarkably a versatile actor, excelling equally well at noble princes and light-hearted rogues.
Or could it be that audiences are hungry again for light-hearted escapism and happy endings?
A road movie that begins someway between a sumptuous travelogue and a light-hearted romp quickly develops into something much more significant.
But this time the mood was almost light-hearted, almost carefree. Times, Sunday Times
And yet people keep on giving me light-hearted advice on how to keep my future wife happy!
Many of the men sang songs which were light-hearted and often funny.
Their light-hearted banter takes away the miseries of daily life. The Sun
We do not want to be dubbed killjoys but we do urge respect and consideration for others and ask parents to take responsibility for their children, ensuring well-intentioned, light-hearted pranks do not get out of hand.
For him, and those who know the real version, The Adventures of Pinocchio is not an amusing, light-hearted fantasy, but a serious fable about art and life. I’ve Got No Strings « So Many Books
That's the kind of light-hearted and spunky approach that packages the intelligent and truly insightful advice she gives.
This would be great for my Mother as a light-hearted pressie to go with her card, so I purchased it.
Pain Free in Six Weeks is liberally interspersed with light-hearted illustrations and informative captions.
The ASA said the ad, which was accused of being offensive to blind people and encouraging animal cruelty, was "surreal and light-hearted". Paddy Power advert gains most complaints in 2010
In this day and age it is hard to believe that people can be held up to hatred, ridicule and contempt by a light-hearted gossip paragraph.
Chatting over Indian samosas and chicken tikka, she seems candid, confident, light-hearted and completely disarming.
Previous to this affair my father, from all I can learn, had been a good-humored and light-hearted man, the ringleader in all fun at cornhuskings and Christmas buffoonery.
The prudishness was still present in some of the Victorian bathing costumes, but the mood was light-hearted in the mineral pools and blasting wall.
God's Son taught us that we travel light-heartedly when we travel unburdened by possessions.
Many of the men sang songs which were light-hearted and often funny.
He used it to exchange light-hearted banter with his students. The Sun
Across swathes of the radio spectrum, there are programmes in which presenters do little more than engage in light-hearted banter with the listeners. Times, Sunday Times
There's banter about the choice of music, some light-hearted joshing.
Instead of the usual light-hearted romp, this performance found power and emotional resonance in the music.
The first half just languishes in light-hearted happenings that are anything but funny.
The country games were great fun and fairly light-hearted. Times, Sunday Times
That's one of the mirthful questions answered in this light-hearted, irreverent and yet strangely affecting account of Christ's entire life, not just the three years or so we get in the Bible.
His writings, which include more than thirty-five comedies, farces, adaptations, comic operas, and other light-hearted stage entertainments, were collected in 1798.
There have been many attempts, both light-hearted and serious, to locate the Loch Ness Monster.
We are able to acknowledge horrendous scenarios, justify our errors, and forgive our mistakes by making a situation light-hearted.
These areas were decorated in either bright greens or oranges, which induced a light-hearted mood.
Her light-hearted vignettes are woven in between clearly explicated theories about laws of possibility.
The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave. Ronald Reagan
You will enjoy some light-hearted evenings being royally entertained aboard your sleek and comfortable home-from-home. The Sun
Were it not that we attach, especially since Mendelssohn's time, the idea of lightness and light-heartedness to the word capriccio, this would certainly be the more descriptive name for the things Chopin entitled SCHERZO. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
This for the outsetting: light-hearted badinage, a fair summer afternoon, a zephyrish breeze coming in tiny cat's-paws out of the north-west, and a cloudless sky. The Price
And lace for spring, worn in a light-hearted way. Times, Sunday Times
The atmosphere was informal and light-hearted. Times, Sunday Times
It was a lively, colourful, light-hearted romp from start to finish.
Funny and cleverly written (but for one misuse of the word ‘inferred’), this light-hearted and engaging story parodies the spy genre without sacrificing the reader's involvement.
Possibly it originated with Kant himself in a light-hearted break from the Critique of Pure Reason.
They love his light-hearted banter. The Sun
I know I'm light-hearted and like to have a bit of fun, but this is too serious for that.
At evening when he makes bold to stroll through the yards among the roadmen some tale of Regan will send him scurrying back light-hearted to the old terminal to count his money, hidden in a can behind some loose bricks in the wall. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 2007 Twisted Douro 2007 Twisted Douro, $17 A light-hearted and easy-drinking red with lovely bright fruit and lively acidity, this wine is made by the great Dirk van der Niepoort Niepoort Ports, one of the true pioneers of table wines in the Douro Valley. The Puzzle of Portuguese Wine
Her spokesman played down the comments yesterday as light-hearted but Tasmanian poppy growers confirmed that native wildlife are fond of jumping the fence and eating poppy heads. Times, Sunday Times
These are the best places for whiling away lazy afternoons in amusing, light-hearted conversations with the often-quirky fellow hostel mates.
The piece was a light-hearted exercise to wind down my brain after a stressful exam period.
We felt the ad was surreal and light-hearted in tone and was unlikely to encourage or condone cruelty to animals or cause serious or widespread offence. Paddy Power advert gains most complaints in 2010
It was light-hearted and fun, and some good causes got publicity too. Times, Sunday Times
The film takes a light-hearted look at the problems faced by disabled people in poorly-designed buildings.
Some of the president's remarks were intentionally light-hearted, and others perhaps not so.. President Obama talks about the influence of art and words
The most striking thing about Weingarten's adaptation of the Bill of Rights isn't the rhyme scheme or meter: it's the extent to which his light-hearted cover version reflects an appreciation of the Bill's true purpose that seems to far exceed that of the ruling elite in this country including, sadly, the Supreme Court itself. Bob McNamara: Gene Weingarten Revives America's Civic Religion
She produces both an online journal and light-hearted podcasts about her life, but it's the latter that's more popular.
I went gladly enough, secured the new job, learned how to do it acceptably, and was temerariously happy and light-hearted for two whole weeks. Branded
Their light-hearted banter takes away the miseries of daily life. The Sun
Their light-hearted take on horror belies the genuine fear Reinblatt felt wrestling with the writing of the play.
It was a lively, colourful, light-hearted romp from start to finish.
There the glancing foliage obscures heaven, as the silken texture of a veil a woman's lovely features: beneath such fretwork we may indulge in light-hearted thoughts; or, if sadder meditations lead us to seek darker shades, we may pass the cascade towards the large groves of pine, with their vast undergrowth of laurel, reaching up to the Belvidere; or, on the opposite side of the water, sit under the shadow of the silver-stemmed birch, or beneath the leafy pavilions of those fine old beeches, whose high fantastic roots seem formed in nature's sport; and the near jungle of sweet-smelling myrica leaves no sense unvisited by pleasant ministration. The Mourner
Renowned for her light-hearted disregard of formality, kicking off her shoes and chewing gum at meetings, she is reputed to have removed her wig to break the tension during key meetings.
He was never light-hearted about anything, but she made him feel like that whenever he was around her.
My Dear Charles, -- St. John, in 1914 a light-hearted lieut., advancing and retiring with his platoon as an all-seeing Providence or a short-spoken Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917
And part of the reason behind it is because they're missing this sense of light-hearted fun. Times, Sunday Times
Faber's minor prose works were Elnovia, a light-hearted and eventually rather dated fantasy, and an account of the history of the All Souls bursarships, printed privately.
It is a light-hearted romantic comedy, which revolves around a group of young friends and 10 days in their lives.
His light-hearted and friendly manner enabled him to put over a very strong sales pitch without a hint of strain.
Hrithick and Kareena pair up in this light-hearted romantic lark.
He was very light-hearted, and he always knew how to make her laugh.
Calypsos are often light-hearted musings on current events but can be much more serious, depending on the subject matter.
Similarly, I don't believe tennis provides a profitable environment for light-hearted banter since you are so far away from your opponent and small talk loses something of its intimate charm when it has to be bawled out over a net.
Drank her light-hearted — then carried her to a play — then it was too late, you know, to see the pretended lady — then to a bagnio — ruined her, as they call it, and all this the same day. Clarissa Harlowe
There was a lot of concern on their faces, but the banter was light-hearted. Times, Sunday Times
It's definitely not a cheery, light-hearted book at all, but I enjoyed it anyway.
They are light-hearted, and evoke both the excitement of the races and the happiness of the rare sun in England's cloudy climate.
But different shapes of facial fuzz say more about a person than you might think, according to a light-hearted new book. The Sun
It's light-hearted fun in another week of undistinguished dross.
While this may make the book sound light-hearted (and at times it is very witty) the references are always germane and are never overplayed, so that they open up debates to a broader audience without trivialising the issues.
Women wrestled then befriended adultresses, men abducted brides, light-hearted capers segued into murder.
I mean, the book is a very light-hearted memoir of my experience at the agency.
Later in the season there's a light-hearted two-parter with R2-D2 and C-3PO eagle-eyed fans will get a kick out of the salute to the Disney theme park attraction Star Tours! Season 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Gets Wet and Wild
Having written the song for her, Almond also performs guest vocals with Sally Timms on this single, in a rare show of light-hearted knockabout jollity.
Naturally, such light-hearted shenanigans cannot go unpunished.
I know I'm light-hearted and like to have a bit of fun, but this is too serious for that.
Offering cartoon style visuals, the graphical presentation is true to the light-hearted nature of the game.
Getting married can be stressful at the best of times, but the couple in this light-hearted comedy have more problems than most. The Sun
Ibbotson is dextrous with pace and suspense, accessible, always amusing, and a treat to read aloud, and the book is both joyously light-hearted and profoundly good-hearted.
Young people were engrossed in light-hearted banter, and seemed determined to stay till the end and enjoy the entire variety show.
In this day and age it is hard to believe that people can be held up to hatred, ridicule and contempt by a light-hearted gossip paragraph.
The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave. Ronald Reagan
Paula's distinctive art is everywhere, adding colour and a light-hearted atmosphere that reflects her effervescent personality.
She felt light-hearted and optimistic.
Larry's high energy, work-ethic and light-heartedness make him a natural leader and motivator.
It's in a beat called iambic trimeter: da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM, which keeps it light-hearted, but generally when Kunitz uses the word "God" he does so in what's called a spondee, with two strong syllables in succession. The Nervous Breakdown
It is a light-hearted look at the system and not overtly political.
Here we take a light-hearted look at celebrities who may have cause for concern - and their possible punishments. The Sun
Perhaps dealing with such serious issues within a fairly light-hearted comedy plot isn't really possible. The Sun
It's a light-hearted look at a project that captured imaginations three decades ago. Times, Sunday Times
What it is going to be is a light-hearted, humorous romp - a clear labour of love by an author who is obviously a huge fan of the genre and comedy in general.
He's really light-hearted and you can tell, he takes his racing seriously, as we all do, and it's a great thing.
She is endearing and full of the kind of spunkiness that characterized showgirls in the light-hearted American comedies of the early 1930s.
It is easier to sell sparklers during the summer because it is the time of year when people are more adventurous and light-hearted.
Pigeon-hearted flatterer. anyone reconcile darkly an light-hearted molestation towards provided afore - flexuosity underneath ere though of amid Credit card. ON THE BUBBLE WITH ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFF
Alternating between sharp funky instrumentals and light-hearted vocal tracks, Outside In feels at ones familiar yet totally fresh and new.
He was never light-hearted about anything, but she made him feel like that whenever he was around her.
But many have spoken of an exhilaration of spirits not inferior to that of the mountaineer, which is experienced, and without fatigue, in sky voyages reasonably indulged in -- of a light-heartedness, a glow of health, a sharpened appetite, and the keen enjoyment of mere existence. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation
It will be a light-hearted programme presented by a local broadcaster.
Or could it be that audiences are hungry again for light-hearted escapism and happy endings?
But the success of Duke Special whose real name is the rather more mundane Peter Wilson is to overcome all of the tricks and gimmickry to deliver a live performance that is sincere and special - without ever losing the fun and light-heartedness inherent in having a wide array of kitchenalia on stage. Archive 2009-01-01
Anyone who likes light-hearted, heavy hitting, unhyphenated rock and roll would do well to add People Get Ready to their collection.
This time there was less of the light-hearted banter that had marked earlier appearances: this was a serious President Obama answering questions about the deaths of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Muammar Gaddafi. Occupy Wall Street protests the result of 'frustration,' Obama tells Jay Leno
The Englishman can no more be trifling and light-hearted in the Gallic manner than a Polar bear can dance the _maxixe brésilienne_ in the jungle. Nights in London
In the course of their journey they slay digital wolves and encounter popeyed, suppurating corpses that help the filmmakers avoid any accusation of light-heartedness. 'Witch': Toil And Trouble
Mr. Bultitude made as much haste as he could, but did not escape a reprimand from the Doctor as he turned the gas out; and as soon as he had made the round of the bedrooms and his heavy tread had died away down the staircase, the light-hearted occupants of No. 6 "lammed" it into the unhappy Paul until they were tired of the exercise and left him to creep sore and trembling with rage and fright into his cold hard bed. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers
As I read the opening blurb, which is light-hearted and upbeat, my sense of shame subsided and I decided to take the plunge.
It was supposed to be light-hearted, so I'm really glad that you liked it!
He loves Anne Garland, but has a rival in his brother Bob, a cheerful, light-hearted sailor.
But Margaret, thought Laura, could never emulate her light-hearted sister-in-law. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
It was a fairly light-hearted discussion.
Don't they see it as a bit of light-hearted fun? Times, Sunday Times
It's light-hearted fun in another week of undistinguished dross.
He was so light-hearted it was impossible to stay angry at him for one of his jokes.
His style and structure varies as well: often seen as a dark and pessimistic writer, his tone can also by turns be light-hearted as well as serious-minded.
It was taken in a very light-hearted way. The Sun
We know plenty of people who are more light-hearted and fun.
He used it to exchange light-hearted banter with his students. The Sun
As he had only taken a ticket to Montreal, the latter part of the announcement, although it happened to be true, was an absolute invention on the part of the light-hearted paragraphist who had penned it. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls
I always made sure that it was filled with the finest comic doggerel, epigrams, and songs of a light-hearted nature.
When you are light-hearted your body manufactures different chemicals inside you than when you are unhappy. Times, Sunday Times
And then we started on our coastward march, not as we had pictured it, light-hearted and rejoicing, but tired and disappointed, and very sick at heart at this last crowning blow.
One of the awol elements is the first film's sense of breezy, light-hearted fun.
The light-hearted show follows the fortunes of various people - including a romantic couple, escaped gangsters and a nightclub singer - on an ocean liner.
In all actuality, this film is a light-hearted action romp that has its tongue firmly planted in its cheek.
“In a prison where computers reign and the ultimate cost for insubordination is your memories, a light-hearted painter must cooperate with a dangerously intelligent stranger to escape.” Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Sharpening Your Concept With a Two-Sentence Synopsis
And yet people keep on giving me light-hearted advice on how to keep my future wife happy!
Asylum seeker, economic migrant, bed-blocking, and stakeholder pension reflect the serious side of life; bunny-hugger (a conservationist or animal lover), chick flick (a film appealing to women), gearhead (a car enthusiast), and Grinch (a spoilsport or killjoy) are entries in a more light-hearted vein. Boing Boing: September 22, 2002 - September 28, 2002 Archives
Babes in the Wood _en croupe_; and the bewitchingest Queen of Hearts coquets the Great Panjandrum himself "with the little round button at top" -- a land, in short, of the most kindly and light-hearted fancies, of the freshest and breeziest and healthiest types -- which is the land of De Libris: Prose and Verse
The light-hearted banter often gives way to arguments before someone intervenes with a joke to lighten the mood.
The trailers gave me the impression it would be a light-hearted superhero spoof. "I see the walls, and see them fall."
It's supposed to be a light-hearted spot with a bit of gentle ribbing. The Sun
submissiveness" and the light-heartedness of the French did not prevent their being also fickle; and their "docility" was varied by fits of violent quarrelling with their American neighbors and among themselves. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790
But different shapes of facial fuzz say more about a person than you might think, according to a light-hearted new book. The Sun
He was, in fact, a serious, somewhat priggish young man, though he often gave signs of light-heartedness both as a boy and in later life.
Concert parties at the time improvised with available talent and material to provide variety revues involving light-hearted music and comedy.
Their light-hearted banter takes away the miseries of daily life. The Sun
They were light-hearted and prepared to enjoy life.
Capricorns have little instinctive knowledge of how to play the dating game and are too earnest with their emotions to respond to light-hearted flirtation with carefree abandon.
McCall Smith's feelings towards his characters - whether they be contempt, pity, affection, sympathy or admiration - are written with light-hearted, teasing humour, and moments of ribaldry.
In Britain and New Zealand, there is a light-hearted sport, known as wellie wanging, which involves throwing Wellington boots as far as possible. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
We came pretty close to full-on verbal assault and the end of our happy and light-hearted e-mail interactions.
These areas were decorated in either bright greens or oranges, which induced a light-hearted mood.
It's definitely not a cheery, light-hearted book at all, but I enjoyed it anyway.
I was no longer the light-hearted, gleesome boy, full of mirth and play, as when I landed first at Baltimore.
For a night of light-hearted comedy, Risk Everything is something I would definitely have a flutter on!
He was so light-hearted it was impossible to stay angry at him for one of his jokes.
Instead, he could answer in a funny, light-hearted way, setting an upbeat tone for the evening.
The gift was a light-hearted testament to his ability to navigate both sides of this nation's racial divide.
Hughes later presented Sean's Shorts, a series of six short light-hearted travelogues screened by BBC2 from 4 January to 8 February 1993.
Welser-Möst's biggest surprise was to devote half a program to a suite of Johann Strauss waltzes and polkas, fare usually reserved for New Year's Eve or other light-hearted occasions.
Comedy and other light-hearted shows will be suspended until after that. Times, Sunday Times
The atmosphere was informal and light-hearted. Times, Sunday Times
We concluded the ad took a light-hearted and comical approach to its portrayal of 'traditional' gender stereotypes, and was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence. Paddy Power advert gains most complaints in 2010
Her attention span needed some work, in a light-hearted way. The Sun
This was said in a light-hearted way. Times, Sunday Times
It was a fairly light-hearted discussion.
There have been many attempts, both light-hearted and serious, to locate the Loch Ness Monster.
Within a predominantly corporate enclave, it introduces an informal, occasionally light-hearted and distinctly local emphasis.

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