making light
Example Sentences
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After making light work of Cerundolo, Zverev said he was as happy and healthy as he had been in a long time.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
That also meant the usual jokes about Leonardo DiCaprio dating barely legal women, and resumed making light of “Marty Supreme” star Timothée Chalamet’s name and slight frame.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026
KFC is taking shots at rivals in its marketing, and in restaurants it is making light of the situation, putting up signs featuring a glowering Colonel Sanders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
You can see the leopard print pattern in the petri dish where the phage have been making light work of a bacterial infection that modern medicine was struggling to shift.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
He was still making light of the matter so as not to arouse my suspicions.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
