Example Sentences

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He also joked he would look to get more yellow cards as he preferred the view from the stands - and light-heartedly batted away a question on whether Haaland was limping.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

In late February, a post on r/preppers titled “Will the female preppers please stand up” light-heartedly complained about how equipment necessary for survival was aggressively gendered male.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2022

When the photographer arrives, the tension lifts, and she poses light-heartedly in a white and cream dress, with a Joan Collins picture book, and with her dog around Washington Square Park.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2018

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak also chipped in, posting a photo of chicken rendang on Twitter and light-heartedly asking whether anyone has ever eaten a crispy chicken curry.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2018

If he had realized this, he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a “Not-hawk”—that is, anything from a wren to a pheasant—and continued on his way up the slope.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams