levity

But there was really no room for levity just then.

I added a needed bit of levity to the campaign that week.

"Though there is perhaps a bit too much of levity in it."

It was good to show the troops a bit of levity under fire.

Levity had its place, but certainly not in a briefing.

What must he say of his own vanity and levity?

She wanted to laugh but knew the situation was beyond levity.

They'd had a long, hard, cold morning's work and levity took over.

The levity was almost automatic, part of their relationship with each other.

"I do not think this a time for levity, young man."

If I were to answer it might introduce too much levity to the situation.

She added that "you've got to have some levity in all this."

Yet this easy reading should not be mistaken for levity.

That stopped the levity, cold, but none of the six could really believe it.

It was a moment of levity during a draining week.

But his attempt at levity could not mask the problems on the court.

But at times he could not resist a touch of levity.

"Just trying to bring a little levity into the situation," Mike replied.

"All right, I can see that now is no time for levity.

Recognizing the levity of the situation, we got organized about five years ago.

It was a smile to give them a ramp back up to levity.

It's as much about a blocked writer and his need for levity.

I wonder you can speak with such levity,' said Martin.

But in spite of assumed levity, Michael had been hit.

The Yankees could joke tonight, and they needed the levity.