How to Use lighten in a Sentence

lighten

verb

• The skies lightened and then darkened again in the evening.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• Its base is eggs, with just a touch of cream or milk to lighten the mixture.
  — Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• Look for sleeping bags with the least weight to lighten your load.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
• The garnish is a corn and mint salad to lighten it up just a bit.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• To help lighten the mood, Buress cracked jokes all day, Paul said.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021
• Add ⅓ of egg whites to chocolate mixture and fold it in using a whisk to lighten the mousse.
  — Charlotte Druckman, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023
• In the downtime, my job was to lighten the mood a little and keep them distracted.
  — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2022
• Daisy tried to lighten the mood by testing Joey’s foot massage skills.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• Hot sauce and herbs: That little bit of acid from the hot sauce and the cilantro and scallions help brighten—and lighten—the dish’s heavy of the eggs, meat, and cheese.
  — Julia Levy, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• Some touches of humor relieved and lightened the mood from time to time.
  — Dan Hathaway, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• But rather the droll sarcasm that can lighten the pressure in a tense dressing room and make a game feel like a game again.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• The stainless steel hood and exposed piping pop against the navy walls, while the striped blue fabric lightens the mood.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 30 Mar. 2023
• Ships have been forced to lighten their load or find alternate routes in light of the constraints.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Barges have been stuck there, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and ships have been advised to lighten their loads.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2022
• The rain will begin to lighten on Wednesday, and a system near Alaska could lead to the end of the storm by Thursday.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
• There are many other ways to lighten the mental load in our daily lives.
  — Ana Morales, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2023
• Teamsters filled coal wagons only to the halfway mark to lighten the load.
  — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
• This is a handy way to free up some hard disk space and lighten the load on your operating system at the same time.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
• Summer is the season of Sun-In, a hair lightening spray that’s been birthing beach blondes (and beach oranges) for decades.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 28 May 2023
• Zoomed photos of zipper and hair have been lightened to show detail.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• The goal of the program is to lighten the load of shelter staff, and help the pups get adopted by introducing them to locals around town.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Let Dropps Oxi Plus pacs lighten your next load and enjoy laundry that is both clean and hassle-free. 14.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• Her brows were lightened to a strawberry blonde shade, and her lips were painted an ultra glossy shade of black.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Mar. 2024
• The hedgehog's quills are a dark brown shade closer to the animal's body before lightening at the edges.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• In the final push before the big day, even Father Christmas — dressed in his iconic bright red, floor-length robe — is on hand to lighten the load.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Afterward, the trio headed to Chicago to do some sightseeing and try to lighten the mood.
  — Hilary Shenfeld, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• Gratitude, as articulated in these quotes, goes a long way to lighten the load of any day from the start too.
  — Madoline Markham, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• Breezes lighten overnight, blowing from the southwest during the evening but shifting to blow from the northeast closer to dawn as rain chances rise.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• The songs have an unrelenting goofiness that clearly lightens the mood in the ballroom.
  — Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
• When every ounce counts, the Gossamer Gear Mariposa 60 is an excellent choice for lightening your load on the trail.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024