brightening

Example Sentences

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An hour later, just before serving, I reached for the microplane again — another pass, another layer, the whole pot brightening at the edges.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Scientists warn that the debris is congesting space, brightening the night sky, and threatens collision with rockets, the International Space Station, and our planet.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

They discovered that the star began brightening in infrared light in 2014.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

They say satellites could indirectly affect U.S. earthlings by, say, brightening the night-time sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Tendrils of vast gossamer gas clouds formed, colonies of great lumbering, slowly spinning things, steadily brightening, each a kind of beast eventually to contain a hundred billion shining points.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan