lightening
Example Sentences
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He explained why he had passed along the message to Walters: “If he’d just own up to what he’d done, I might talk to somebody about lightening his sentence a little bit.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Its panels of fiberglass-reinforced polymer are ingenious, significantly lightening the weight of a daringly cantilevered structure near the San Andreas fault in the Exposition Park neighborhood of South L.A.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Levanon said he can’t prove it yet, but he’s convinced it’s the lightening speed and adoption of artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Still, even when dealing with corpses, Walker’s characters can deftly deliver a one-liner or a bad pun when the mood needs lightening; she doesn’t really think along drama versus comedy lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“What? I'm just lightening the mood. Simon knows we love him.”
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
