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How to use lighten in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word lighten? Here are some examples.

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As usual, there was a large group of rowdy sailors surrounding the table, which actually helped to lighten up the heavy atmosphere.
It can be difficult to lighten dark hair with lemon juice, as it tends to leave orange streaks in hair.
Having said that, it's good to see your newspaper lighten up a bit with the occasional flimflam such as this.
On the other hand, a young country cousin, Phoebe, arrives to lighten the gloom of the old house.
The idea of fullering is to lighten and strengthen the blade at the same time.
Em was beginning to think that nothing she could do would dam the flood or lighten the pressure that pinned her arms to her sides.
The image will lighten considerably during clearing, but don't worry because all the lost density will return during toning and fixing.
You won't be believed but your extravagant claims might be passed around the office to lighten the dark winter months.
The darkness was starting to lighten before she dozed, then slept fitfully, tossing and turning.
For centuries Japanese geishas have used processed bird droppings to lighten and smooth their skin.
A local deejay is attempting to lighten the mood after the arrival of a deadly virus in the African country in early May.
I put a kettle of water on the stove with the intention of making tea, hoping that it would lighten the situation.
A honey-colored to brown zircon continues to be mined that can be heat-treated to lighten the color.
We hope this will speed up response time, enhance community feeling, and lighten our workload.
A regular exercise program will lighten your load as well as strengthen your back.
He had all but forgotten what a smile was until he saw Maria give him one of hers, how it seemed to lighten up her face and spirit.
Once he was gone, I felt the atmosphere lighten up and Coach nodded in satisfaction and left too.
Was Tom right to take the matter so seriously, or should he lighten up a little?
The sky was beginning to lighten, and he felt a tingling on his skin, but there was plenty of time for what was to unfold.
The darkness began to lighten into a pale yellow, getting brighter as the seconds passed.
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Examples from Classical Literature
If we could get him cooled down enough, we could lighten the anaesthesia and maintain him as is, indefinitely.
Alston Choate did not allow a glint to lighten the grave kindliness of his glance.
He had done all that he could on the journey to lighten the labor of those attached to his own wagon.
With such conversation to lighten the hours, they did not seem long, as we were running through the Java Sea.
They sent the Stuka into a nose dive, spewing bombs to lighten their load, but they were not fast enough.
For the Teas and Hybrid Teas, mix with soil of this kind about one-quarter of its bulk of sand and leaf mold to lighten it.
Mechanization and specialization of the family farm did not necessarily lighten the farmer's workload.
Perhaps together we might lighten the weight of it a little.
Oft have I heard of you, and how you lighten the purses of the fat priests and knights.
After dinner we'll adjourn to their room and lighten it up a little.
As aeronauts lighten the load they carry, when they wish to rise, similarly Durdles has lightened the wicker bottle in coming up.
To lighten the weight, the caddis worm must first rise to the surface.
Haye needs to lighten up the heavyweight division and he can become its saviour by fighting and beating the best.
But at that moment an inspiration came to lighten the gloom.
You can lighten things Libra, spontaneity is the way ahead and even the smallest of gestures can sweeten the sourest of moments.
The new, third studio in Braintree is located at 25 Elm Street and will help those on Boston's South Shore remove or lighten their tattoos.
But soon after noon it stopped snowing and began to lighten up.
Say, Boss, do you want this to lighten up your old freight-train with?
She was glad to see him lighten up, and she exerted herself to that end.
Thus doth benignant Heaven lighten the heavy pressure of toilful industry!
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