Sentence examples for be lighter than normal from inspiring English sources

Leaves are commonly stunted, curled, or puckered; veins may be lighter than normal or banded with dark green or yellow.

With the world's most important financial centers — London and New York — closed Monday for public holidays, investors expected trading volumes to be lighter than normal.

When dog owners judged the body condition of their dog, 65.2% (CI 60.8 69.6) of dogs were considered to have a normal weight, while 19.0% (CI 15.4 22.6) thought their dog to be lighter than normal, and 15.8% (CI 12.5 19.1) regarded the dog as heavier than normal.

This recipe is lighter than normal moussaka as it doesn't use a flour-based white sauce.

Officials noted that traffic was lighter than normal because many workers had the day off for Veterans Day.

The crowds were lighter than normal early Tuesday at L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, where there are a number of federal agencies.

Trading was lighter than normal on the New York Stock Exchange, with about 1.16 billion shares changing hands versus last year's estimated daily average of 1.84 billion.

Traders were reluctant to bet heavily before the release on Friday of the Labor Department's employment report for November, and trading volume was lighter than normal.

In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where the beach was closed to foot traffic and swimming prohibited, traffic was lighter than normal, said Jim Derrick, whose family businesses include a mini golf course, sea shell store, indoor bounce house and ice cream shop.

Shauna Rollf, 24, who works at the Taste of Thyme Cafe, said business was lighter than normal because Sanford residents were avoiding all the reporters and camera crews prowling through downtown.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 42.55 points, or 0.3 percent, to 14,932.41 The Nasdaq composite index slipped 1.09 points, a fraction of a percent, at 3,433.40 Trading activity was lighter than normal as July 4 holiday nears.