lightheartedness

Example Sentences

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Jack Bratich, a journalism professor at Rutgers University who studies political culture and social media, said Mamdani has shown he is able to combine a lightheartedness with serious conversations.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

Terms like “chat” also speak to the cultural norms being shaped among young people—notably, the desire to cope with the natural stress or anxiety of growing up with humor and lightheartedness.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

“It’s hilarious. That lightheartedness is really what acknowledges a sport,” May said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

The agony of irrelevance might be commonly addressed in movies, but rarely with the lightheartedness of Martika Ramirez Escobar’s airy fantasy, “Leonor Will Never Die.”

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

“Anyway,” she resumed, but without the coy lightheartedness of a few moments ago, “what I’m trying to say is that if you’re not careful, people will talk.”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini