Sentence examples for be making light of from inspiring English sources
"You can't be making light of what's happening too often," he says.
But he appeared to be making light of his troubles last night.
It's a serious problem in our penal system and not something for a supposedly serious news organisation to be making light of".
"But when Justin Bieber's monkey was in the news we wanted to get Drusillas involved, and they're up on animal welfare so they didn't want to be seen to be making light of it.
A year earlier, he appeared to be making light of domestic violence: "Originally when men proposed they went down on one knee so if the women said no they were in the perfect uppercut position".
An editor at The Chicago Tribune said that he and his colleagues are "kicking ourselves" for publishing a "Broom Hilda" comic strip that inadvertently appeared to be making light of the recent shootings at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that killed 12 people.
Death should not be made light of, nor usually is it appropriate to include gory details.
Of course, most dogs do duty as family pets, and that role should not be made light of.
For legal reasons, the guide continues, writers shouldn't openly incite violence; "however, whenever someone does something violent, it should be made light of".
Clearly this conviction is incredibly serious and cannot be made light of in any way.
