"You flatter me," she said in a light-hearted tone.

The game has an inviting and light-hearted tone.

If the filmmakers are trying for a spoofy, light-hearted tone, they succeed only to the point of making the picture unintentionally funny.

In the Carpenter's version, it is more of a light-hearted tone.

He was trying for a light-hearted tone; couldn't risk frightening her off.

I dropped the light-hearted tone and delivered that announcement with a definite hint of steel in it.

Political discussion, when it occasionally occurs in private, often has the light-hearted, irreverent tone of a sitcom.

That incident blew over quickly, however, and if the light-hearted tone of Adam's tweet today is anything to go by, so will this.

And the light-hearted tone held through the week.

The show was renowned for its light-hearted and comedic tone for many reasons.