lightsome

Example Sentences

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During the second act, I worried — though worry is too strong a word — that maybe this production had become too funny, too lightsome.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2022

This, along with Joe's lightsome delivery and comportment, makes enough of an impression to cement his presence in scenes even when Emmett is only present in spirit and memory.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2022

As Allen put it, Douglass “touches chords . . . which vibrate music now sweet, now sad, now lightsome, now solemn, now startling, now grand, now majestic, now sublime.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2021

Re-imagining Benny Goodman,” Mr. Etkin, a Israeli clarinetist with a lightsome disposition, pays a contemporary homage to the artist known in his day as the King of Swing.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2015

Path-finder, People-feeder, Plan-provider, Sage-commander: These hear the call Lyo-lyok the lightsome said: Love I had liefer.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White