lightening
Example Sentences
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My hair was lightening in color, and my hands were callused and bleeding from handling fish with spiny fins and scales.
From Literature
Speaking backstage, they told reporters that they were unsure how they would recapture that lightening in a bottle for the sequel they have planned with Netflix.
From BBC
He told family members that Diet Coke was responsible for his longevity, lightening the mood.
“What’s the alternative?” the ad asks, “lightening up and being fun?”
From Los Angeles Times
The "silliness" of the formulation was "lightening the subject matter of this trial," he told Judge Cannon.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
