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 room dissolved into laughter, and the lighthearted moment buoyed the rest of the evening.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 May 2024
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• While the Sussexes' visit to the school was lighthearted and brief, their impact on the students won't end with the reading.
  — Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2021
• Take the older, quieter teen out for dinner and keep it lighthearted.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• There was a lighthearted moment in the first half when Roach came up with a loose ball and was trying to take it up court in transition.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 25 Mar. 2022
• As lighthearted as the event can be, Fritz said what happened Monday was a reminder of the threats these bears often encounter in the wild.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
• And while the show takes very heavy topics and treats them in a lighthearted way her true mission is anything but trivial.
  — Devaughn Douglas, Essence, 2 Oct. 2022
• The rest of the time, co-writer-director Samuel Benchetrit’s lighthearted romp struggles to find a place for itself.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
• Police accepted the loss with grace — and just a tinge of lighthearted defeat.
  — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
• Despite its morbid premise, the movie is lighthearted and humorous while exploring the relationship between families and their pets.
  — Keith Langston, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024