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Example sentences for: lightening

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

It has been my experience that once the executives start lightening things up with a new backdrop, it is only a matter of weeks until the launch of a segment called "Send us your home videotapes!
Lee has, says the paper, faced no serious questions about his credentials, but in the past week has become a lightening rod for congressional Republicans and conservative activists, who have taken to portraying him as an unabashed advocate for race preferences
Perhaps the subject and treatment of usage need some lightening up, but I am hard put to agree that they are quite as frivolous and light-headed as this book would have us believe.