How To Use Lightness In A Sentence

And she, warm with what Dick had just told of him, pleasured at the goodly sight of him, dwelling with her eyes on the light, high poise of head, the careless, sun-sanded hair, and the lightness, almost debonaireness, of his carriage despite his weight of body and breadth of shoulders. CHAPTER XXIII
The paintings are some of the artist's most sober works, but there is a lightness of being at their core, as well.
They overturned the verdict because of its lightness.
Much comic toing and froing ensues, all done with a superb lightness of touch. Times, Sunday Times
The ensemble exhibits the required lightness of touch to keep the action sparking along. Times, Sunday Times

The meatless croquettes have a surprising lightness and a lively upper register of dill.
The small, plain-spoken drama teeters, undecidable, between lightness and weight. The Times Literary Supplement
The lightness of heart which had dressed them in masquerade habits, had decorated their tents, and assembled them in fantastic groups, appeared a sin against, and a provocative to, the awful destiny that had laid its palsying hand upon hope and life. II.6
This is country style with a grace and lightness that makes a welcome change from the usual heavy stripped pine.
The lightness of the first film had hardened into a frantic, unpleasant quality - it's easily the worst of the series.
When I see it, the lightness I feel is shoved aside and a gnarl of nerves wind in my stomach. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
Such lightness of conduct is not to be permitted in church.
You cannot help but notice the lightness of the box as soon as you pick it up.
I just love the texture and lightness of tempura batter and was delighted our prawns also came with a few bite-size servings of tempura vegetables.
And it succeeds in treating this often delicate subject head-on but with the lightness of touch that you would expect from The Motley Fool.
The concluding Rondo: Allegro comodo had sparkle and lightness to spare.
The body and chassis are aluminium, for lightness. Times, Sunday Times
A polarity is set up between the assertive convex solidity of Broadcasting House and the receptive concavity and lightness of the suspended facade.
Despite the lightness of the morning it's hard to get the brain working now.
The orzo pasta it rested on was dressed in a simple, clinging sauce of spicy andouille sausage and bits of green and red bell peppers, the heartiness of which only served to emphasize the lightness of the fish - truly amazing.
This book has an airy lightness and inconsequentiality about it.
The body of the knife is slotted aluminum for lightness and firmness of grip.
For designers, lightness is all important with floaty fabrics.
However, this apparent irreverence toward the subject, an irreverence that is sometimes self-directed (which is the very definition of humor), is only Struth's lightness of being.
Many unusual sensations may occur: perceptions of light are common along with a feeling of floating or lightness in the limbs.
She and danced her first solo with gossamer lightness and fluidity.
They choose materials by considering their strength, lightness, economy and durability.
There's a lightness, a crystalline sparkle and sheer zest about these performances that makes them bubble like chilled champagne.
Many people were concerned at the lightness of the sentence.
The name 'lungs' is derived from their lightness in weight, since they contain air, and the butcher refers to them as 'lights' for this reason.
He moves from the playful to the political, the complex to the simple, the physical to the philosophical and all with a beguiling lightness of touch. Times, Sunday Times
‘Scherzo’ requires lightness in fingerwork and pedaling.
The spaciousness and lightness of the apartment is accentuated with windows that run the whole length of the room.
The album leaves the listener to revel within the lightness of its subtle movements and statements.
The pilaf was prepared with boiled potatoes, which surprisingly adds lightness to the dish.
Two flutes, mandolin, harp, and solo lower strings give an airy lightness to the sounds that accompany the two female dancers.
The public response to her crime, a sort of winking approval, was matched by the lightness of her punishment.
There's more lightness and warmth in bks 2 and 3 of this trilogy, with the new characters coming in. Archive 2008-06-08
Do they worry about the unbearable lightness of being? Times, Sunday Times
There is a song in your heart and lightness to your step today.
(not without regret for their lightness and comfort), and my soft, grey travelling suit, and, in fact, all my clothing; and proceeded to array myself in the clothes of the other and unimaginable men, who must have been indeed unfortunate to have had to part with such rags for the pitiable sums obtainable from a dealer. THE DESCENT
The point is not a celebration of military or political triumph, but rather a visualization of the human quest for spiritual lightness, for a transcendent peace.
I had composed a good number of so - called Anacreontic poems, which, on account of the convenience of the metre, and the lightness of the subject, flowed forth readily enough. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
Olivia feels a lightness in her chest, as if a weight has been removed.
The feathery pianissimo lightness in the upper strings against the mezzo forte melody lower down is perfectly weighted.
He defined ‘lightness’ as ‘luminous tracings that are placed in the foreground and set in contrast to dark catastrophe.’
What's worse is that the world isn't exactly short of this particular brand of blues revivalism at the moment, and The Black Keys lack the lightness of touch and pop nuance to stand out from the crowd.
It was also a strategy for systematically unconcealing everything that Beaux-Arts architects had tried to cover up or avoid talking about - the bones of concrete and steel I just mentioned, the reach for the sky made possible by elevator technology, along with the new transparency and lightness urgently called for by modern times. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
In his other work, he has acknowledged the relative lightness of the United Kingdom's imperial burden.
It has introduced muchneeded lightness, movement and informality, and both gardeners and designers quickly latched on to the new range of planting possibilities. Times, Sunday Times
Dissolving negative, harmful patterns leads toward the sense of ease, grace, lightness, freedom and good health that are every human being's natural birthright.
The small, delicately outlined figures grouped together in large, unshaded expanses of background space and the subtle colouring create a pleasing sense of lightness and formal balance, but the air of decadence is inescapable.
There was no lightness to my heart.
Another point which appears worth mentioning is the following; The foot – screws were of brass, the tribrach, into which they fitted, was made of aluminium for the sake of lightness. South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
The orchestration of both music by Tchaikovsky and original material by Gavin Sutherland brings an engaging lightness to the ballet.
As you say, dejunking gives one a wonderful feeling of lightness and relief.
Adjustments made in the traditional darkroom include changing the lightness, darkness and contrast of the image.
Miss Vernon had in the meantime taken out a small case, and leaning down from her horse towards me, she said, in a tone in which an effort at her usual quaint lightness of expression contended with a deeper and more grave tone of sentiment, Rob Roy
Because of their lightness they don't need an airfield to take off or land and in their early days they had an unenviable safety record. Times, Sunday Times
Both show an admirable lightness of touch. Times, Sunday Times
It provides the classic container for cream fillings in such pastries as cream puffs profiteroles and éclairs, and also makes such savory bites as cheese-flavored gougàres and deep-fried beignets, whose lightness inspired the name pets de nonne, “nun’s farts.” On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
The easiness of the yoke and the lightness of the burden are based on the relationship we have with Jesus.
Nothing in his languid, arm-over-the-back-of-the-chair demeanour suggests that he moves with the lightness of a gazelle or handles a rugby ball so well that it appears at times to be soldered to the palm of his hand.
Thick quilts provide the inspiration for jackets and coats, conveying cozy warmth plus convincing lightness.
As a main dish, they suit the lightness of couscous rather than rice. Times, Sunday Times
Originating from the Chinese funny tradition, from the Chinese optimistic mind, the aim of buffoonery is to make use of the art lightness to lighten the life heaviness.
And she's taken to it with an astonishing positivity and lightness of touch. Times, Sunday Times
Doris Humphrey, wearing a red dress, skips and skitters with a windblown lightness.
Kerry's lightness of touch, compared with Bush's relentless plodding, is a surprise considering what we all know about their backgrounds: Bush never thought of becoming President until a few years before he did; Kerry thought of it in prep school. When George Meets John
His movie is like a cork bobbing amiably on waves of lightness and unforced gaiety.
The beans, teaming up with the carrots, contributed a little veg lightness to the stew.
{77} Here is the head of a Frenchman [_shews the head_], all levity and lightness, singing and capering from morning till night, as if he looked upon life to be but a long dance, and liberty and law but a jig. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812
The relative lightness of this sentence is explained as the judge observed the motivation for his offence.
The toughness, lightness, strength, and elasticity of whalebone gave it a wide variety of uses.
Sitting in a coffee house expounding on the lightness of being, while you quote esoteric quotes to prove how in touch you are with the downtrodden is the equivalent of a hot breeze on a hot day; annoying and needless. Archive 2009-04-01
Goldsmith has a lightness and delicate ease which belongs rather to the school of the earlier eighteenth century than to his own day; the enthusiasm of Addison for French literature which he retained gave him a more graceful model than the "Johnsonian" school, to which he professed himself to belong, could afford. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge
Mine well, too bad, but the same criteria hold - comfort, lightness and time-saving. Times, Sunday Times
She was a Romantic ballerina of fugitive lightness, with a delicacy as much like steel as late.
Her step had lost the lightness that had before distinguished it.
If these plants have spikes and spires, they also add vertical movement, drama and an airy lightness to the garden.
As a nod to the contemporary lifestyle of the owners, and to add a sense of fluidity and lightness, most of the ground floor is open in plan.
This is country style with a grace and lightness that makes a welcome change from the usual heavy stripped pine.
Here also are found the insignificant lightness of the pebble and the mighty lightness of the planet; while between them range the weighty masses, superior to the petty ponderability of the one, and unequal to the firmamental float of the other. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862
It frequently comments on what it sees as the 'lightness of sentencing', the perversity of jury decisions and the hedonistic life led by prisoners.
There was lightness in my footsteps and a smile on my face.
the lightness of balsa wood
The movie was a delightfully witty tale showing a lightness of touch not seen in the director's work since the 1950s.
Their desire would far outweigh any lightness of experience. Times, Sunday Times
Raca denotes indeed morosity, and lightness of manners and life: but fool judgeth bitterly of the spiritual and eternal state, and decreeth a man to certain destruction. From the Talmud and Hebraica
The new species and its allospecies, P ruficeps are identical in color of the back and in lightness and hue of the crown, but are 100% separable in lightness, chroma, and hue of the belly; in color and pattern of the face; and in song.
It is the Holy Spirit--'rest for the weary, refreshment for the pining, solace in the midst of woe'--who imparts to the soul an imperturbable poise and a serene calm, the character of recollectedness, the soaring lightness of a full inner freedom. Finding Peace
Thick quilts provide the inspiration for jackets and coats, conveying cozy warmth plus convincing lightness.
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
I think diners are surprised at the lightness of my dishes.
The ultimate composite materials capitalise on the inherent strength and lightness of reinforced resins by deploying them in a sandwich construction.
Shape includes things such as nose size or plumpness of lips, while reflectance includes things such as facial lightness, darkness and color, such as red lips or shadowed eyes. What makes a face appealing to the opposite sex?
Perhaps, the most appealing factor of a duvet is its apparent lightness which also retains a great deal of warmth.
Perhaps, the most appealing factor of a duvet is its apparent lightness which also retains a great deal of warmth.
In Hans Christian Andersen, the mermaids are unbelievably beautiful, and a male would not have had that lightness of line.
The panels are separated by 8-inch glass slits, which dramatize their lightness and thinness.
She was hurt and insulted and angry but at the same time an imperceptible, almost subliminal lightness had begun to form around her heart. SANDS OF TIME
Set against spice of the chili and the sharp tang of the lime, it is an intense combination of tastes that balance beautifully with the lightness of the fish itself.
The lightness of touch and sense of patriotism are also reflected in the drinks menu. Times, Sunday Times
Full-height glazing adds to the sense of lightness and seamlessness.
There is a subtle lightness and elegance to her writing.
The lightness or darkness of a color affects whether it can absorb or reflect heat and light.
You must grow in gentleness and grace, in lightness and harmony. Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child
The dark green spare bedroom is in total contrast to the lightness of the large main bedroom.
There's a lightness of touch and a melodic freedom that's fairly jazzy, especially in guitarist Jay Berliner's quicksilver leads, an echo of his work with Mingus on The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady.
And she had an extraordinary deftness and lightness of touch, plus a great facility with language.
Wit, irony and lightness were always balanced, for Smith, by genuine affection and warmth.
The translucent polycarbonate ceiling gives the corridor a lightness it would not otherwise have.
These last features give the whole design some kitsch and lightness.
Lightness is about how much you can laugh, how much you can take things nonseriously. The 28 Laws of Attraction
Looking at contexts where lightness is celebrated in music, literature and the arts one writer suggests anorexic behaviour is more than a pattern of psychiatric symptoms.
We were talking and laughing about things, so that there was a little bit of lightness in the room, even if he didn't respond to it.
The beneficial effects of this chamber music experience resulted in several improvements: much greater lightness of texture, and greater thematic and rhythmic variety.
But the lightness comes with a price: the Stryker's armor cannot stop anything heavier than a .50 caliber bullet.
Her accent is too wayward to convince, but there's a lightness to her acting that helps paper over the cracks.
On fire when reflecting on the losses she had sustained, mourning over friends slain and kingdoms lost, the proudest and most passionate of princesses was ill suited to dwell with the gayest and best-humored of sovereigns, whose pursuits she contemned, and whose lightness of temper, for finding comfort in such trifles, she could not forgive. Anne of Geierstein
Tweed, stretch knit, mousseline silk and techno fabrics, used to draw attention to natural feminine curves without sacrificing the practical qualities of lightness and comfort, are emphasized this season.
Pinole was the food carried on war trips when nutrition, lightness of weight and smallness of bulk were all desired.
At every stage of her life, on numerous occasions, she will hear comment on the lightness or darkness of her complexion.
'I'm not an authority on them,' Jessica said with forced lightness.
I am thinking some darker decorations may help balance the lightness in here.
The admirable Japanese pianist, Haruko Seki, here applies her refreshing lightness of touch to some of the solo piano pieces.
The hull was far out of the water because of the lightness of the ship.
Haiku is contemplative poetry and is characterised by spontaneity and lightness.
Oppression sat heavily upon them; the lightness of their natures had ebbed out of them; they were slack and absent-minded in their service, and they whispered gloomily to one another in the far end of the car next to the kitchen. Chapter 22: The Chicago Commune
The story about your husband’s mishap is a terrific analogy, and yes, doesn’t the sense of freedom … lightness … feel good! by The Other Side of the Door
Its lightness and mineral aromas won international acclaim. Times, Sunday Times
It's simple, it's to the point, there's a lightness of feel to it, and it achieves results.
Oppression sat heavily upon them; the lightness of their natures had ebbed out of them; they were slack and absent-minded in their service, and they whispered gloomily to one another in the far end of the car next to the kitchen. Chapter 22: The Chicago Commune
The combined objectives of cross country capability and lightness for maximum mobility and air transportability demand efficient structural design.
The dark green spare bedroom is in total contrast to the lightness of the large main bedroom.
Piau here has a lightness of touch which sits perfectly with the Mozart.
We ensured that the categorizations were based only on skin tone by altering the lightness and darkness in the photos.
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. Steve Jobs
She recalled the sassafras trees reaching much larger proportions and the wood being valued by chair makers for its lightness and resiliency. Everyday Citizen
She danced with a grace and lightness that were breathtaking.
Mohammed, who liked sneezing because accompanied by lightness of body and openness of pores, said of it, “If a man sneeze or eructate and say ‘Alhamdolillah’ he averts seventy diseases of which the least is leprosy” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The lightness of his eyes unsettled her.
We encounter the same lightness as we wade into a swimming pool.
His sculptures combine charm, lightness and irreverence to offer insights and idiosyncracies.
Apart from the slightness of the story, however, the real disappointment is that the movie teaches a vaguely unsavoury lesson: you can't give up a fine catch just for love - it needs to be for money and love.
The lightness and wit of Brooke-Rose's novels do, however, invite comparison with those of Muriel Spark.
In the ‘Rubaiyat’, the lightness of the flowers is emphasised by the dark green shade of the leaves, while their colouring relates to the rather dark tonality employed in the miniatures.
The more solid platforms and staircase contrast with the lightness of the ribbed enclosure, but the risers of the staircase are left open to maximise views.
What I cannot indicate, however, is the lightness and freshness of them; and above all, their entire frankness and amusingness. The Child of the Dawn
her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy
Verily, this is a marvellous thing, and doubtless it ariseth from the slightness of thy wit, for hadst thou aught of sense, thou hadst enquired of the beatings of the billows and the waftings of the winds. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Lightness, rapidity, nimbleness, grace and rich apparel all belong to this little favorite.
Miss Vernon had in the meantime taken out a small case, and leaning down from her horse towards me, she said, in a tone in which an effort at her usual quaint lightness of expression contended with a deeper and more grave tone of sentiment, “You see, my dear coz, I was born to be your better angel. Rob Roy
The result is strength, lightness and speed. Times, Sunday Times
Very pronounced floral bouquet, appealing sweet fruit and retaining a lightness that enhances the overall flavour. Thorsons Organic Wine Guide
There was a lightness to him, along with the seriousness.
I admire her lightness/sureness of touch as a cook.
That gave one sense of lightness.
He radiates an ineluctable lightness of being.
We note, perhaps, sensations passing through our bodies, pressure, warmth and coolness, lightness, tingling.
His timeless age and his youthful lightness of heart show his true nature.
He radiates an ineluctable lightness of being.
Its lightness and mineral aromas won international acclaim. Times, Sunday Times
The work featured brown color chips that gradually increased in lightness.
Glazed facades on the north and south sides both screen the building and enhance its pervading impression of lightness.
Mohammed, who liked sneezing because accompanied by lightness of body and openness of pores, said of it, "If a man sneeze or eructate and say 'Alhamdolillah' he averts seventy diseases of which the least is leprosy" (Juzám); also "If one of you sneeze, let him exclaim, 'Alhamdolillah,' and let those around salute him in return with, 'Allah have mercy upon thee!' and lastly let him say, 'Allah direct you and strengthen your condition."' Arabian nights. English
He told her about the beauty he saw in her eyes, in the silky softness of her skin, in the lightness of her touch.
There is a throb of constant excitement, an irrepressible energy as palpable as the tangled screech of a bird chorus in the wash, glow and lightness before sunrise.
These features contribute to the bag's lightness and ease of use, transport, and storage.
(not without regret for their lightness and comfort), and my soft, gray travelling suit, and, in fact, all my clothing; and proceeded to array myself in the clothes of the other and unimaginable men, who must have been indeed unfortunate to have had to part with such rags for the pitiable sums obtainable from a dealer. The Descent
The crystalline lightness of Goode's cantabile line in the Andante poco moto recalled Schubert's songs and vocal music.
But he walks with, again, extraordinary lightness and grace, and the outstretched fingers of his leading hand call our attention to the trees in the background, and the wonderful lightness of their appendages, which are emphasized again, even lighter and more evanescently, in their reflection in the water. I, Hippopotamus
He craved air and lightness, room to move about in.
Therefore, to distinguish between what appertains to the primary polarity, Levity-Gravity, on the one hand, and their visible effects in the secondary polarity of the colours, on the other, we shall henceforth reserve the term darkness and, with it, lightness for instances where the perceptible components of the respective colours are concerned, while speaking of Dark and Light where reference is made to the generating primary polarity. Man or Matter
And I bless God (with that singular worthy, Peter Walker the packman at Bristo – Port) ,26 that ordered my lot in my dancing days, so that fear of my head and throat, dread of bloody rope and swift bullet, and trenchant swords and pain of boots and thumkins, cauld and hunger, wetness and weariness, stopped the lightness of my head, and the wantonness of my feet. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Not much variation here, not much finesse, delicacy, lightness, or the Exotic other.
Its lightness belies its warmth; the shell sheathes two layers of insulation, whose thinness and elasticity allow for greater freedom of movement when schussing down the slopes.
The beauty advisor simply places it against your face to take readings assessing tone, colour saturation and lightness. The Sun
The ultimate composite materials capitalise on the inherent strength and lightness of reinforced resins by deploying them in a sandwich construction.
The glass is held in the thinnest of metal frames, the lightness and insubstantiality of these vitrines contrasting with the mass of the original structure and the blind, blank walls of the new insertions.
Sprinkle with the crumble mixture, but do not press it down as this will take away the lightness of the dish.
The dark green color brought out the lightness of the color in his eyes.
When buying the potatoes, ask your greengrocer for the flouriest possible, as this will ensure a lightness to the pancake.
His style is nervous and original, not harassingly pointed like a chestnut-burr, but full of _esprit_ or wit diffused, -- that Gallic leaven which pervades whole sentences and paragraphs with an indefinable lightness and palatableness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859
Women are peculiarly fitted to further such a combination — first, from their greater tendency to mingle affection and imagination with passion, and thus subtilize it into sentiment; and next, from that dread of what overtaxes their intellectual energies, either by difficulty, or monotony, which gives them an instinctive fondness for lightness of treatment and airiness of expression, thus making them cut short all prolixity and reject all heaviness. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete
Gothic, of which it has, no doubt, the quality of lightness, the laciness, and the play of many fine apertures and openings. The Art of the Exposition
Many acquaintances of Bill's were struck by the lightness of his complexion.
The dances of Manipur are known for their lyrical grace, lightness of tread and delicacy of hand gestures.
They chose linen because of its lightness and earthy shades and hues.
Because of the lightness and grace of the movements, the martial art is almost like dance.
With a smile on her face and a lightness about her movements, she thanked them all.
There is a certain lightness of tone in this poem that alleviates the heaviness of elegy.
He crossed the carpet with a lightness and deliberation that drew my eyes to his feet, which were rather small, in soft black moccasins.
She was most admired for her lightness and ethereality as a dancer and of her many roles she was most closely associated with Giselle - many considered her reading of it to be definitive.
She writes with a real lightness of touch.
There was a lightness to her voice I'd not heard for years.
Shot in a straightforward style, the film strikes an unusual balance between seriousness and lightness.
Such lightness of conduct is not to be permitted in church.
The skin boat or kaiak of the Eskimo was a marvel of lightness and buoyancy, being practically unsinkable. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
The pilaf was prepared with boiled potatoes, which surprisingly adds lightness to the dish.

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