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Example sentences for: light-hearted
How can you use “light-hearted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
And John Gay's greatest but much more light-hearted work was called The Beggar's Opera (1728), singular, not plural.
In the north, where song was subject to Arabian and Persian influences, it varies from dhrupad, meaning austere and without embellishment, to the more florid khyal, India’s version of bel canto, or thumri, the style of light-hearted, tender love songs.
In Wordspinner , some of the quizzes are mere vocabulary tests, though couched in light-hearted utterances; for example, at Graffiti II the reader is asked to define the underscored words in sentences like “Clark Kent was a transvestite” and “Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry,” though one could think of a lot of regrettable actions for which vasectomy would be a feeble excuse.
This slightly enlarged version of Paul Dickson's Names , published by Delacorte Press in 1986, is a light-hearted collection of names that the author considers to be interesting for one reason or another.
At the same time, the cavalry officer's sabre, a much-coveted battle trophy, gave rise to the alternative nickname of Long Knives , a sobriquet that combined light-hearted jeering with wary respect.
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