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Example sentences for "lightsome"

Lexicographically close words:
lightning; lightnings; lights; lightship; lightships; lightweight; lightwood; ligion; ligious; ligna
  1. Oh, clear as glass in the golden street Of the city fair, And the tree of life it maketh sweet The lightsome air:" And the angels all were silent.

  2. Moone did rise, he walked vp and downe, & a lightsome bugle then heard he blow 80 ouer the bents soe browne.

  3. Swift of foot as he was, and lightsome when his heart was toward, he did not get along very fast on his penitential journey.

  4. This had mortified him as deeply as his lightsome heart could feel; because he had trusted to that hat to achieve his restoration into the bosom of society.

  5. There dwells the chief we all extol In timber house on lightsome knoll.

  6. From the hall you ascend by a handsome staircase to the library, a large and lightsome room, well stored with books in various languages.

  7. But then that lovely and lightsome little figure of Hope!

  8. He had a tripping, lightsome mode of speech, that somehow suited the jaunty upward sweep of his white mustache.

  9. Kindelon found Pauline in a very lightsome and animated state of mind when he called at her house that evening.

  10. The horsemen dash'd among the rout, As deer break through the broom; Their steeds are stout, their swords are out, They soon make lightsome room.

  11. When I think on the lightsome days I spent wi' thee, my dearie, And now that seas between us roar, How can I be but eerie!

  12. His blue eye was bright, and his smile ready, as though he had known naught but lightsome toil and the sport of his Northamptonshire forefathers.

  13. But, wae’s me, he’s lightsome and profane abune a’ belief.

  14. The lightsome pistils of these florets are countless in the three worlds, and their incessant undulation in the air, expressed their gaysome dance with the sweet smiling of the opening buds.

  15. You have now, O prince, become as quiet as the calm atmosphere, after your abandonment of all things; now try to be as graceful as the lightsome moon, by the complaisance of your manners.

  16. The feet and palms are always compared with the leaves of trees, so these meeting on every leaf is the lightsome leaping and skipping of the airy sylphs over them, increased the number of leaves to more than ever so many).

  17. How is it, my dear one, that you are again your youthful bloom like the flowery plant of the vernal season; you appear more brilliant than the lightsome world under the bright beams of full moon.

  18. There is even a lightsome airiness about the thought that these delicate creations fly away from their makers’ hands when completed and do not burden any railway with their transit.

  19. Nevertheless, a promising sign of reviving interest is that modern scientists, following the example of the old Greek philosophers, are emerging as champions of the lightsome measure.

  20. Before I saw the lightsome sun, This was appointed me; Shall mortal man repine or grudge What God ordains to be?

  21. For my part, methought it had a rare youthful brilliancy, more cheering than hot, more lightsome than dazzling.

  22. The cathedral of Antwerp itself is not more captivatingly lightsome and lovely.

  23. As we passed among the gay and lightsome shrines Jennie happened to pause under this window.

  24. These early morning hours are very lightsome and quiet.

  25. Although she spoke in this lightsome manner, as if it made no difference, I saw that her quick heart was moving, and the flash of her eyes controlled.


  26. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lightsome" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    airy; blithe; breezy; buoyant; carefree; cheerful; cheery; clear; debonair; diaphanous; jaunty; light; lighthearted; lightsome; lucid; nimble; pellucid; perky; resilient; serene; sunny; translucent; transparent; unclouded; unobscured