Get to know Lighten better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like change or darken.
Lighten in a sentence
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Lighten meaning
- To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
- To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
- To flash lightning, to give off lightning.
Synonyms of Lighten
Using Lighten
- The main meaning on this page is: To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. | To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. | To flash lightning, to give off lightning.
- Useful related words include: lighten up, change, darken, brighten.
- In the example corpus, lighten often appears in combinations such as: to lighten, lighten the, lighten up.
Context around Lighten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lighten
- In this selection, "lighten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, help, case, things, loads and someone stand out and add context to how "lighten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attempted to lighten the moment and but to lighten the mood. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lighten" sits close to words such as andes, anglia and antelope, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lighten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Duncan attempted to lighten the moment with laughter. (8 words)
All traditions are welcome to the festival to help lighten the darkness. (12 words)
We also support our residents and would love to lighten their tax burden. (13 words)
He respected people, gave them the benefit of the doubt, and often looked for ways to lighten someone’s load or brighten their day (all the better if it could be done by setting them up with an awesome sound system). (41 words)
Bioactive Solution – A skin toning conditioner with 3% Glycolic Acid and a blend of de- congesting botanicals such as Eucalyptus Oil, Vitamin C and Kojic Acid mean to help lighten, brighten, and support anti-oxidization. (35 words)
I view the company's decision to cut its dividends as constructive, allowing VFC to lighten its cost base as it moves to improve its operating margins materially with its Reinvent transformation program. (33 words)
Ian O’Doherty: In times of angst, we can rely on beautiful games to lighten our lives – but 75c on a packet of fags? (24 words)
So if mom is flying on the jet to go down and take a suspect down, does dad's risk involved in his case lighten as he tends to a child? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
But to lighten the mood after the scary Grimalkin, it was always lovely to have Daisy and Mark on stage to lighten the mood.
After this emotionally heavy moment, Joel seeks to lighten things up by actually requesting some shitty puns.
But I can lighten it with my silver Manolos, bought at Barneys for the Oscars.
Canal Barge, which works much of the Mississippi as well as the Illinois and Ohio rivers, has had to lighten loads so barges ride higher in the water.
Duncan attempted to lighten the moment with laughter.
He respected people, gave them the benefit of the doubt, and often looked for ways to lighten someone’s load or brighten their day (all the better if it could be done by setting them up with an awesome sound system).
Ian O’Doherty: In times of angst, we can rely on beautiful games to lighten our lives – but 75c on a packet of fags?
I could lighten my load considerably if I went to ultra-light gear, but it’s price prohibitive, and I’m a geezer anyway.
Instead of sending an attachment, send a link when possible to lighten the weight of your emails.
I view the company's decision to cut its dividends as constructive, allowing VFC to lighten its cost base as it moves to improve its operating margins materially with its Reinvent transformation program.
The film uses thriller elements to place doubt on the couple as they venture into their new relationship, and uses comedy to lighten the mood of the topics at hand.
We also support our residents and would love to lighten their tax burden.
A funny name can lighten the mood in tense situations and make you a fan favorite in public matches.
All traditions are welcome to the festival to help lighten the darkness.
A source told the Mail: 'Yes, a dinner was ruled out in early planning to help lighten the programme and some downtime built in across the ten days.
As the father-of-three was giving an answer to her question, Waddingham then saw an opportunity to lighten the mood with her quickfire answer.
Bioactive Solution – A skin toning conditioner with 3% Glycolic Acid and a blend of de- congesting botanicals such as Eucalyptus Oil, Vitamin C and Kojic Acid mean to help lighten, brighten, and support anti-oxidization.
Commenters on the post have urged the woman's husband to "lighten up", and said that while he can make the announcement if he wants, people don't have to listen to him.
Despite their upcoming match, Uso tried to lighten the mood after went off the air and engaged Gunther and the fans in Greenville, SC.
So if mom is flying on the jet to go down and take a suspect down, does dad's risk involved in his case lighten as he tends to a child?
Common combinations with lighten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to lighten 69×
- lighten the 55×
- lighten up 20×
- lighten their 6×
- help lighten 6×
- lighten your 4×
- lighten and 4×
- would lighten 3×
- and lighten 3×
- lighten things 2×