Sentence examples for land lightly from inspiring English sources

It's a helium performance, in which jokes land lightly, mugging is gentle, and songs are delivered with almost conversational casualness.

That's the pleasure of a smart sitcom, one that throws darts that land lightly, but hit hard.

The steady embrace of the actors produces intimate character details and awkward moments that land lightly, with a touch of off-kilter humor.

They wanted to land lightly on their forefeet, or they wouldn't be in FiveFingers, but there was a disconnect between their intentions and their actual movements.

At one point it seemed to Fatou that the next lob would blow southward, sending the shuttlecock over the wall to land lightly in her own hands.

These two hand grenades of his – that female sexuality is rigorously denied whenever it crops up; and that female sexual urges might be even more potent than men's – will not land lightly on this terrain.

Lands lightly in the sand.

Nicole jumped off the ledge, landed lightly on her feet a yard from Douglas.

Ben hops off the bench and lands lightly on his blades.

Without the heel cushioning provided by standard running shoes, barefoot proponents say, runners will gravitate naturally toward landing lightly near the balls of the feet.

Great distance runners are graceful: they float, landing lightly on their toes and snapping their calves back so that their heels almost touch the tops of their hamstrings.