Word:

making light

Number of occurrences: 498 Rank: 130,876 Frequency class: 18

Subwords: light, making

Examples

  • He immediately started trending on social media, with users saying that he shouldn't be making light of such serious matter. (www.theintermountain.com, collected on 29/11/2016)
  • It is still making light of a very serious threat both to Muslims and Americans. (www.talonmarks.com, collected on 07/11/2016)
  • A little girl had begun taking the bus each day for her Grade one class and she sat sweetly behind me swinging her legs whilst making light conversation. (www.lloydminstersource.com, collected on 04/11/2016)
  • Neither of these things is surprising, given that the source is a large brewer that tends to focus on making light, refreshing beers. (www.portagedailygraphic.com, collected on 05/11/2016)
  • Mrs. Clinton believes that making light of her emails woes shows that it’s no big deal and the questions will go away. (www.voiceonline.com, collected on 24/11/2016)
  • We have no intention of making light of these crimes, neither are we making fun of other’s departure from common sense. (www.sacurrent.com, collected on 22/11/2016)
  • Some members of his extended family felt I was somehow making light of this effort. (www.thesentinel.com, collected on 23/11/2016)
  • She noted that Watters was making light of issues that actually affect people’s livelihoods and was painting students who are aware of those issues as somehow overly sensitive. (www.santanvalley.com, collected on 28/11/2016)
  • Imagine an article in Abbotsford Today that attacks one council candidate by making light of the death of his wife? (www.abbynews.com, collected on 16/11/2016)
  • To me, she was merely making light of the situation and reminding students of the rules in the library. (www.lisburntoday.co.uk, collected on 05/11/2016)

Words occurring in the Same Sentence

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for (1,823), not (1,416), and (1,336), of (1,112), was (1,049), by (986), is (855), to (484), as (407), are (406), be (364), or (353), after (300), in (291), were (266), before (213), am (206), hands (193), on (191), been (180), even (171), Without (147), at (143), from (141), already (125), stop (122), enjoy (121)
of (15,672), work (1,689), contact (157), conversation (151)

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