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Example sentences for: brighten

How can you use “brighten” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

To counteract this they had the ingenuity to brighten them up; and nowadays all the buildings are painted in the most unusual, and very attractive, array of pastel colors.
(The official site has a variety of screensavers you can download to brighten up your own cubicle.)
If all you do is smile, you'll still brighten thousands of days.
C olor Fastness Test: Since the arrival of detergents with bleach and bleach alternatives, color fading has been a concern of many launderers; various brands have accordingly begun to claim "color hold" bleaching or even that they "brighten brights while whitening whites."
Xiphidium caeruleum leaves were rubbed on the feet and knees of children in Trinidad and Tobago that were learning to walk [ 52 ] . Walkfast or corrimiento (Spanish correr: to run) is used to help hunting dogs in Trinidad run fast and "brighten them up" [ 3 ] . In Panama and Columbia Xiphidium caeruleum ground stem infusion or decoction is drunk as an antiemetic and the leaf infusion is used externally for skin disorders [ 107 129 ] . Xiphidione and other 9-phenylphenalenone pigments are found in Xiphidium caeruleum [ 107 129 ] .