lighter

Example Sentences

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Takaichi has shown a lighter side that has contributed to her appeal, too.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rossini’s wit and brilliance in pieces such as “The Barber of Seville” defined a lighter side of Italian opera.

From Salon

These books are lighter in tone than “Frankie Machine,” but they deliver the necessary genre angst and thrills.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prices for other heavier grades sold to Asia were cut by $0.40 a barrel, while lighter grades saw increases of $0.20 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Compared to helium, for example, excitons are thousands of times lighter, so they could form exotic quantum states at much higher temperatures.

From Science Daily