Sentence examples for lightly at the from inspiring English sources
"Why did they do it, Reverend?" He looked down, kicking lightly at the carpeting.
John Oxx's colt got off the mark when stepped up to this trip at Dundalk and he may have got in lightly at the weights.
"The Dutch think the banks are being treated very lightly at the same time that they're being saved with taxpayers' money," he said.
Ivan Franjic tugged ever so lightly at the shirt of Kosta Barbarouses on the edge of the box, sending Krishna to the spot.
"Clearly we didn't arrive lightly at the decision to recommend the closure of 6 Music: it is distinctive, much-loved and I too am passionate about its output.
An Invitation To Take Lightly At the bottom of the invitations to a party for the fashion photographer FRANCESCO SCAVULLO'S new book were two words: "Dress: nude".
The inevitable persecutions descended almost lightly at first; the day after Kristallnacht, Abish's father reported to work as usual.
He treads lightly at first: the opening Moderato is a sweet, graceful Neo-Classical movement that darkens only slightly.
// >< -- brightcove.createExperiences; //--><! 4. Struggling sides take Hull City lightly at their peril The theory was that if Fulham were to stay up, Felix Magath's side would have to beat Hull City at Craven Cottage and, frankly, it didn't seem such a big ask.
"That of course is one of the dilemmas about doctors taking industrial action – we don't do it lightly at all – but the point is to keep patients safe while exerting pressure on employers on the dispute that we're in".
Ms. Byrd argues that the culture takes sexual crimes lightly, even at the criminal level.
