brightening

And this when things seem to be brightening a bit; look at the rapidly rising auto sales, for example.

“It is like any challenge,” she goes on, her tone brightening.

In the depths of his being, below an immense horizon, shone joy, luring him onward and brightening as it did so.

And Clara could not help brightening up in cheeks and eyes with fine tints and flashes.

Gilding, soberly applied, shone here and there like eyes, brightening the brown color which prevailed in this nest of love.

There is considerable decorative skill displayed in the edifice; but the work looks opaque and needs brightening up.

In the brightening dawn Richard saw the pursuer prodding with a cimeter-point to add to the spur sting.