How To Use Litheness In A Sentence
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With Cornelius, in fact, it was nothing less than the joy which Dante apprehended in the blessed spirits of the perfect, the outward semblance of which, like a reflex of physical light upon human faces from "the land which is very far off," we may trace from Giotto onward to its consummation in the work of Raphael -- the serenity, the [53] durable cheerfulness, of those who have been indeed delivered from death, and of which the utmost degree of that famed "blitheness" of the Greeks had been but a transitory gleam, as in careless and wholly superficial youth.
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2
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Nowhere does she illustrate the spirit of blitheness which is put forth by her name, and only once does she allude to it.
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time
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He broke surface, was hailed by the others to join in bull-in-the-ring; in which strenuous sport, for the next half hour, he was compelled more than once to marvel at the litheness and agility, as well as strategy, of Paula in her successful efforts at escaping through the ring.
CHAPTER XVI
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Equally suited for jazz or blues (and probably other styles as well), her voice has fullness without sacrificing litheness.
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The co-directors/co-writers, Palestinian Scandar Copti and Israeli Yaron Shani, possess a Tarantino-esque blitheness about startling violence, and employ a "Pulp Fiction" approach to narrative-as-mosaic.
'Wolfman' Chases Its Tail
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And the more the Fed flounders during the course of this monetary crisis—in which the value of a dollar has plunged to less than a 1,500th of an ounce of gold—the more glaring is the blitheness of its attitude toward America's foundational law.
A Constitution Scholar for the Fed
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A woman, she guessed; the figure wore a muffling cloak, too heavy for the weather, but its loose folds failed to hide a certain litheness of body, or the hip-swaying grace of her walk.
THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD
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His Second World War memoir, Slightly Out Of Focus, reveals a man who wore his bravery like blitheness.
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To serve, one cannot avoid that; but to serve with blitheness, that is the secret.
The Silent Isle
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All three productions have fine conductors who match the theatrical vibe the directors have created -- Istvan Kertesz a model of balance and appropriate tempos in "Zauberflöte," Zubin Mehta keeping things moving in "Entführung" but knowing when to let a phrase hang in the air to underscore Strehler's elegant compositions, and a startlingly young-looking Lorin Maazel lending "Figaro" an airy speed and litheness not out-of-keeping with current notions of how this score should go.
New DVDs let you savor 1960s Salzburg Festival productions of Mozart operas
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Some bowlers can get the ball reverse swinging by dint of the litheness and whippiness of their arm action.
Times, Sunday Times
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Long-limbed, deep-chested, broad-shouldered, his every motion betokened his iron strength and cat-like litheness.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Sword Woman - Robert E. Howard
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As he swung over the rail and stepped on deck a hint of catlike litheness showed in the apparently heavy body.
A SON OF THE SUN
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And her eyes sparkled with a strange blitheness.
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Her eyes and hair, beneath a wife's kerchief, and the white gown that hugged her litheness were the only things bright, anywhere around.
Time Patrolman
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She watched for Mrs. Higgins 'return, and knew that the litheness and grace had not been imagined.
CHAPTER III
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The special liposome complex improves its litheness and elasticity and visibly softens your skin.
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Though her costumes also do her little favors, the agility and litheness of her voice carries everyone along, regardless of their sins.
(Not) All is Forgiven
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At times, Mr. Pond's music moves along with a sort of blitheness that's in conflict with his melancholy lyrics.
Brooders, Crooners and Belters
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Saxon had not failed to note the litheness and grace in that lean and withered body.
CHAPTER III
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The weight had been excruciating to bear, but only to better suggest the litheness of her movements picked out in such a deep, thickened sound.
Knell Quarternion
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Certainly, the rhymthic structures are quadruple and duple (with the exception of "Hitler In My Heart" where we are given 5's and 7's), but within those thoroughly square and masculine rhythms, there is a litheness, a suppleness, a winding and breathing, a certain fluidity that is thoroughly feminine.
Antony and the Johnsons--Quintessentially Queer Music
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He moves around opponents with a litheness and grace unexpected in most prizefighters, let alone movie stars.
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These is feigned blitheness about crises that will predictably attract immediate attention.
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How does she continue to live with her father and go along with undisturbed blitheness in the face of her older sister's accusations?
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Boucher's cupidons bear the family traits of their elder sisters, Boucher's nymphs and shepherdesses: a plump litheness; long-lashed wide ingenuous eyes; small light-tipped noses.
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With this revival came a concomitant revival of the corporeal values associated with gymnastics: upper body strength, musculature, elasticity, litheness, flexibility, poise, and equilibrium.
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They would sooner have the bulk than the litheness and agility.
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But the blitheness with which he tossed it off indicates an ignorance—perhaps willful—of a deep confusion in the American character on the subject of using drugs simply to make life easier.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION
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‘I realised immediately that this was going to be a profound anecdote, and I've been dining out on it since,’ he purrs, with typical blitheness.
