Words similar to lighten

Example sentences for: lighten

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

Lighten Up on Linda
To lighten it up, you could add that all the repairs have been made, and you look forward to their return visit.
But they tried to kind of, you know, lighten it up."
Supporters of the plan argued that better public transportation would reduce traffic and lighten Denver's notorious "brown cloud."
In the latter, the director used farce not to lighten the drama but to darken it, so that the slapstick debacles seemed to spring from the hero's roiling unconscious.