Sentence examples for more than lightly from inspiring English sources

The standard dish consisted of nothing more than lightly charred, slow-fermented dough with tomato sauce.

Awaiting death, it is incapable of doing much more than lightly supervising the audit contracts it awarded to private firms.

Still, there are some pictures here that tap the emotions more than lightly -- and an understanding of their context, so well explained in the catalog, enhances their impact.

And in a way I'm glad I never knew him, because, though his personal failings were legendary, none of them can do more than lightly taint my admiration for his great public career.

Eating crisps, well-browned roast potatoes and toast that is more than lightly grilled can increase the risk of cancer, according to a public health campaign urging people to change their eating and cooking habits.

Bob Dylan fans will be amused by the cryptic, strangled poetry of the lyrics for the Dylan-style song that Dewey sings, but such jokes as having three black-bearded men named L'Chaim, Mazel Tov, and Schmendrick turn up as Dewey's managers may have cracked up a script conference but do no more than lightly amuse the audience.

Darkly pigmented skin contains more melanin than lightly pigmented skin.

More than 2,000 lightly armed American paratroopers are in northern Iraq but have not yet attacked Iraqi forces.

These people are more than the lightly sketched personas that comedians so often adopt with a few catchphrases or some exaggerated facial expressions.

Pork fillet with honey and rosemary To go with this, I would suggest nothing more than some lightly cooked spinach and maybe some hunks of good bread.

Thailand flooded its predominantly Muslim south with about 1,000 soldiers on Thursday as local residents and human rights groups questioned the overwhelming force used to kill more than 100 lightly armed attackers on Wednesday.