lightened
Example Sentences
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At age 82, Steinem looked as she had always looked, only older: tinted aviator glasses, leather jacket, long hair parted down the middle with two lightened streaks at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“In the last four years, our attitude has lightened a little bit because we are looking at the scope of the problem,” Seago told Caroline Kitchener of the New York Times.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
So when state television announced, a day after kick-off in nearby Mexico, that it would broadcast 16 games from the opening stages, the national mood lightened.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
As the mood lightened towards the end of the meeting, she had a request of her own for her client.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
His hand became see-through; his black suit lightened to gray; from the stage you could see rows and rows of burgundy velvet seats right through him.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
