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    Use "lighten" in a sentence

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    lighten


    1. as though he’s a moron, why not lighten the load, free your mind and spirit, let loose


    2. ‘You can’t hang around just because your grandmother says you should!’ I exclaimed trying to lighten the atmosphere


    3. He would have to be careful, but he wasn't going to turn this opportunity down, especially if she could lighten his sentence


    4. ‘What are our options?’ I asked, giving up on trying to lighten the atmosphere


    5. “Not if you lighten up and share a bottle with this old Gnome-herder here in the sunshine


    6. The sky was just beginning to lighten when he flashed thru the entry to the Grand Canal


    7. Jean, feeling the need to temporarily lighten the subject,


    8. Jacques’ stories failed to lighten the mood


    9. His men had taken a new Jaguar XJ and stripped the engine out to lighten it


    10. into the sea, to lighten the flee of her newly

    11. Hearing the words again caused his legs to lighten and wobble and his cheeks to flush with rare pallor


    12. It was enough to lighten the heavy mood, and the smile I returned was genuine


    13. “Let’s stay in the shelter, it’s a good time to break and wait for the snow to lighten


    14. Occasionally he would receive a picture of Mandy from Marcia, which would lighten his day and bring a short burst of happiness, before he would once more decended into the black hole that had now become his life


    15. “Long as it ain’t a bun,” he joked, trying to lighten her mood


    16. “Oh lighten up, will you!” she retorted, combing her hair with her fingers


    17. Then, as the sky began to lighten and the first rays of sun broke above the horizon, the sheep quietened and stopped their milling


    18. “Oh well, I expect it’s a family secret,” she said in an attempt to lighten things


    19. Feeling her slightly distrustful of him, almost wary, the jester made an effort to lighten the palpable uneasiness between them and said with a wide grin:


    20. Something to lighten the mood that was like a heavy cloud upon her

    21. And with that, she retreated inside, just as the dawn began to lighten the sky


    22. to lighten her own mood with mild humor


    23. We arrived in position just as the sky was beginning to lighten


    24. We were all lined up when dawn broke sufficiently to lighten up the view


    25. They said if you do this, "peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land


    26. She felt how he was opening up and feeling the energy from both Tim and herself lighten him and remind him of something that death had taken away from him


    27. 5 No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night


    28. in behalf of our religion? 31 For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue


    29. “Anywhere nice Doctor?” She asked to lighten the mood


    30. I tried to lighten the situation

    31. “Akua? Just in case I do return, you better have a truckload of fresh blood on your hands; I’m going to need it okay?” I tried, in vain, to lighten the situation, but my friend’s silent stance clearly displayed he wasn’t in the mood for any of my sad jokes


    32. asked, trying to lighten the mood


    33. “What happened to not getting attached to me?” I teased, hoping to lighten the mood


    34. Maria knew that and she was hoping to lighten the mood


    35. There is no such thing! I just want to lighten the mood


    36. 22 And the children of Israel sighed every day on account of their heavy work, for they had said to themselves, note when Pharaoh shall die, his son will rise up and lighten our work!


    37. Lighten up and see the funny side in situations


    38. “I thought I’d barged into the war room at the Pentagon,” she said, hoping to lighten the mood


    39. “To lighten things up on this particular mission, as our cab made its way to downtown Cleveland, I asked if it was true that the senior bank officer at a prestigious place like this would have one glass eye


    40. “Oh come on Jess lighten up

    41. 22 And the children of Israel sighed every day on account of their heavy work for they had said to themselves note when Pharaoh shall die his son will rise up and lighten our work!


    42. 27 And when on enquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured they heard his noble sentiment 28 after they with the iron hands had violently dragged all the flesh from the neck to the chin the panther like beasts tore off the very skin of his head but he bearing with firmness this misery said 29 How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers! and he said to the tyrant 30 Think you not most cruel of all tyrants that you are now tortured more than I finding your overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion? 31 For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue


    43. The pilot was pulling up on the collective to lighten the bird


    44. “The sky, is it beginning to lighten?” The sound of his words disappeared into the deafening


    45. His own was darker but it still, in summer, tended to lighten in the sun to a shade that reminded him of hers


    46. It is these which lighten the heaviness of the dark


    47. It took Simon a while to answer and he could find neither wit nor irony to lighten the load


    48. “Let loose Joe, lighten up, and have


    49. Joshie tried to lighten things up, “Hey, with us super spies, there is always somethin', eh?”


    50. writing an offer that you can increase your results tenfold? Couldn’t it lighten up your life to












































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    Synonyms for "lighten"

    lighten relieve lighten up brighten buoy up

    "lighten" definitions

    make more cheerful


    reduce the weight on; make lighter


    become more cheerful


    make more cheerful through the use of color


    become lighter


    alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive