lighten up

Example Sentences

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Or did the embrace of “Rocky” and “Jaws” mean that audiences wanted their movies to lighten up?

From The Wall Street Journal

“What’s the alternative?” the ad asks, “lightening up and being fun?”

From Los Angeles Times

“It sort of lightens up in color again once it plumps up with all that syrup.”

From Salon

“But for us to be worried about two little numbers, you know, maybe it’s this generation telling us to lighten up a little.”

From Los Angeles Times

The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.

From Los Angeles Times