How to Use lighthearted in a Sentence

lighthearted

adjective

• Jordan keeps it just as lighthearted and fun through the rest of the show.
  — Outside Online, 16 July 2022
• The football scene was the only lighthearted moment in the movie.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• The bulk of his work captured scenes of lighthearted joy.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2021
• The room dissolved into laughter, and the lighthearted moment buoyed the rest of the evening.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 May 2024
• The premise is based on the children's book of the same name, and makes for a lighthearted, easy weekend watch just as spring has sprung.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2021
• In a world that has seemed hectic over the last few years, the sign war has brought some lighthearted, local fun to the area.
  — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022
• Save the World is as a more lighthearted, less angsty Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
• Pringles will try a lighthearted ad to highlight its first makeover in 20 years.
  — Star Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
• The mood on my bus, which had started out lighthearted and jovial, began to turn.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
• So Tarter likes that the tone for typical work is lighthearted and fun.
  — Michael Schroeder, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2022
• When a game lasts for dozens of hours, lighthearted moments are a welcome breather.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 22 June 2023
• There’s a sense that everything’s fun and lighthearted at Richard and Heather’s.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• But the tone of Wednesday’s event stayed both lighthearted and sincere.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• The video features the two actors, first in a tense scene before pivoting to more lighthearted clips of the pair.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2023
• And the same could be said of the genre’s more lighthearted — and lightheaded — cousin, the mockumentary.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• Such lighthearted moments on court have been rare of late.
  — New York Times, 27 June 2021
• Leave it to Keke Palmer to ask the skin-care questions a lot of us are wondering as well — in the most lighthearted and honest way.
  — Chelsea Avila, Allure, 11 Aug. 2022
• Still, most found a way to bring lighthearted energy to their wardrobes.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2021
• Leo July 23-August 22 The mood is shifting between lighthearted and heavy at the drop of a hat.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• The lighthearted tone would be the perfect antidote to the gloom and doom of the everyday news cycle.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• The prose is lighthearted, even as the subject matter is anything but.
  — John Ganz, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
• So there was this sort of fun, sunny element to a lot of the bands — maybe a slightly more lighthearted tone.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
• On Friday, the father of four posted a lighthearted video from the trip with their daughter North.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• For a lighthearted take on the day, Valentine's Day jokes are a quick and funny solution.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 19 Jan. 2023
• Step away from the trash fire that is the rest of the country right now, and dive into some lighthearted news about your fave Bachelor stars.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• Of the cast, Hassan often serves as the lighthearted, bubbly voice of reason among the six New Yorkers.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
• Alex’s lighthearted handful of royal tush couldn’t come soon enough — if not for the film, then for pop culture at large.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• That’s why, for him, the music — even the soundtrack’s most lighthearted bops — didn’t feel like a parody.
  — Cat Cardenas, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
• That can even be an opportunity to foster some lighthearted competition, such as rewarding the person who took the most movement breaks in a week.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
• Obviously, turning up in a phone booth causes its own hilarity, but the goofy pairing with an incredibly quotable script make this a fun and lighthearted movie for all to enjoy.
  — Grace Dean, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025