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
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The lighthearted ad ends with the two brides sharing a quick kiss on the altar.
—Jocelyn Noveck, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2019
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The lighthearted ad ends with the two brides sharing a quick kiss on the altar.
—Jocelyn Noveck, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2019
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The lighthearted ad ends with the two brides sharing a quick kiss on the altar.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2019
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The lighthearted ad ends with the two brides sharing a quick kiss on the altar.
—Mae Anderson, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2019
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The football scene was the only lighthearted moment in the movie.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
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The bulk of his work captured scenes of lighthearted joy.
—Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2021
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The room dissolved into laughter, and the lighthearted moment buoyed the rest of the evening.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 May 2024
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The premise is based on the children's book of the same name, and makes for a lighthearted, easy weekend watch just as spring has sprung.
—Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2021
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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
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Save the World is as a more lighthearted, less angsty Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
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Try to approach it in a lighthearted way, Robert Half staffing says.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
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Pringles will try a lighthearted ad to highlight its first makeover in 20 years.
—Star Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
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The mood on my bus, which had started out lighthearted and jovial, began to turn.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
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So Tarter likes that the tone for typical work is lighthearted and fun.
—Michael Schroeder, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2022
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When a game lasts for dozens of hours, lighthearted moments are a welcome breather.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 22 June 2023
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There’s a sense that everything’s fun and lighthearted at Richard and Heather’s.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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But the tone of Wednesday’s event stayed both lighthearted and sincere.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
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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
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And the same could be said of the genre’s more lighthearted — and lightheaded — cousin, the mockumentary.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
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Such lighthearted moments on court have been rare of late.
—New York Times, 27 June 2021
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By contrast, the Dixville Notch thing was just kind of fun and whimsical and lighthearted.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2019
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The lighthearted ad ends with the just-married couple sharing a quick kiss.
—Fortune, 16 Dec. 2019
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The lighthearted ad ends with the just-married couple sharing a quick kiss.
—Author: Jocelyn Noveck, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2019
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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
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Still, most found a way to bring lighthearted energy to their wardrobes.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2021
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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
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The lighthearted tone would be the perfect antidote to the gloom and doom of the everyday news cycle.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2020
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Othello enters that fateful scene fully sane and even lighthearted.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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The Par 3 Contest is a family-friendly affair that blends lighthearted fun with competitive spirit, offering a unique prelude to the intense battle for the green jacket.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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