Lighten can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| lighten - become lighter; "The room lightened up" | ||
| lighten - make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" | ||
| lighten - become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" | ||
| lighten - reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey" | ||
| lighten - make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" | ||
| lighten - alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents. | |
| 2. | verb | I have price targets of where I would like to lighten up exposure to ENE and will use calls to implement the stategy. | |
| 3. | verb | He needs a few jokes to lighten up his talk. | |
| 4. | verb | It was just a joke. Lighten up! | |
| 5. | verb | For God's sake Bob, lighten up. | |
| 6. | verb | Lighten up. | |
| 7. | verb | He sang a song to lighten the atmosphere. | |
| 8. | verb | We have to lighten the load. | |
| 9. | verb | He tried to lighten the mood. | |
| 10. | verb | We all need to lighten up a little. | |
| 11. | verb | Lighten up, guys. | |
| 12. | verb | Lighten up! | |
| 13. | verb | Tom tried to lighten the mood. | |
| 14. | verb | Kicking them out won’t lower the unemployment rate, or lighten anyone’s taxes, or raise anybody’s wages. | |
| 15. | verb | Come on, Tom, lighten up. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents. |
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| I have price targets of where I would like to lighten up exposure to ENE and will use calls to implement the stategy. |
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| He needs a few jokes to lighten up his talk. | |
| It was just a joke. Lighten up! | |
| For God's sake Bob, lighten up. | |
| Lighten up. | |
| He sang a song to lighten the atmosphere. | |
| We have to lighten the load. | |
| He tried to lighten the mood. | |
| We all need to lighten up a little. | |
| Lighten up, guys. | |
| Lighten up! | |
| Tom tried to lighten the mood. | |
| Kicking them out won’t lower the unemployment rate, or lighten anyone’s taxes, or raise anybody’s wages. | |
| Come on, Tom, lighten up. | |