Sentence examples for play lightly from inspiring English sources

That's part of the implicit conceit of this clever sitcom starting Tuesday on BET — part scripted and part improvised — in which all of the stars play lightly parodic versions of themselves.

His hands play lightly over her shoulder, and his lips go down her bare backbone right to her waist.

And yet, as an accomplished game designer, artist, and philosopher of gaming, Eric doesn't take play lightly.

"Whatever you say, Jean, Leee said, playing lightly with my bracelet.

Her new show, "Noir," at the Metropolitan Room, plays lightly with film noir images and archetypes.

This was stylish, beautifully measured playing, lightly pedaled, crisply articulated and texturally transparent.

Messud plays, lightly, with familiar archetypes, deftly abstracting her tale so that it flares into myth.

One of his earliest works, this boisterous farce about mistaken identities plays lightly with themes — estrangement, injustice, infidelity — that will later be more deeply explored.

This horror version of home movies is both irresistible and terrifying, as is the spectacle of a great writer playing lightly with his genius.

The horror version of home movies is both terrifying and irresistible, as is the spectacle of a great writer playing lightly with his genius.

With the help of the kindly drama teacher (Alyson Reed), a ringer for Mrs. Doubtfire, the students do what Caden Cotard tries to do: they mount a stage spectacular, playing lightly heightened adaptations of themselves.