lightness

Example Sentences

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The works showing the White House, she added, included a Rockwell trademark: “trying to find lightness and humor in very serious situations.”

From New York Times

A talented ensemble cast of narrators perfectly capture the droll ambivalence of Reva’s prose, conveying the oddest premises with deadpan seriousness, and recounting sometimes horrific imagery with lightness and wonder.

From Seattle Times

Bringing some lightness to the workplace is probably not a bad idea.

From BBC

Seyfried's interpretation of Holmes capitalizes on the actor's typecasting in roles that play up her innate lightness, making the Theranos founder's calculated sculpting of her image particularly sinister.

From Salon

We were all pleasantly surprised by its accessibility and lightness of tone, and it turned out to be the group’s favorite read, and mine as well.

From New York Times