Sentence examples for light joke from inspiring English sources

Companionship and camaraderie on the course are fleeting, a light joke with your playing partner and the yardage from your caddy is the most you can expect.

He wrote songs with a friend, mostly light, joke songs, but some with a hint of something bigger, and more real, as if without thinking about it too much he had something to say.

Once Ms. Brophy resumed normal breathing, she snapped a photo and eventually posted it on her Facebook page, along with a light joke about spilled milk and the following afterthought: "Btw, if you're one of my neighbors and heard me screaming at my children around 8 40... this is why".

When the idea of personal accountability was brought up with him, in a recent podcast interview with Kara Swisher, he had a moment of making a light joke of it — quipping "do you really want me to fire myself right now?

Make a light joke about the weather or the city you live in to break the ice with people.

Just a light joke at your own expense or the ability to laugh at yourself if the lady makes the joke will do just fine.

Mr. Paterson, for his part, kept the mood light, joking that he had broken it to Mr. Skelos that there was a $5,000 fee to join the elite group of "three men in a room" who run the state.

In line with his wry, understated character, Bernanke kept the speech light, joking that he recently wrote to the university, inquiring about the status of his leave of absence, only to receive a form letter saying that Princeton gets "many more qualified applicants for faculty positions than we can accommodate".

Those who have worked with him, both during his tenure as UEFA's general secretary and during his previous work on the organization's legal side (he is a certified lawyer), say that in meetings, Mr. Infantino can be quick to switch between a light, joking demeanor and a grim, serious stare that indicates displeasure or disappointment.

The two slow down and stop at a red light, joking about the race before the officer asks if Spillers would like to try again.

She was suddenly a completely different person -- all sweetness and light, joking about her need to wear glasses and showing immense understanding about the difficulties of serving on a jury for eight to 10 weeks.