Sentence examples for brightening from inspiring English sources
verb
Present participle of brighten
Cameron Diaz has been spotted in Spa Mystique (10220 Constellation Av; 00 1 310 551 3251; www.spamystique.com), where stylists will find your inner 'Chi', before softening your hair with lowlights if you are a 'metal' sign or brightening things up if you are a 'water' sign.
Her defiance does not necessarily improve her position.Before the Tigers launched their latest offensive in April, overrunning Elephant Pass, the link between the peninsula and the rest of Sri Lanka, prospects for a settlement were brightening.
And already this year she has been beaten in top tournaments by a Russian, Anna Kournikova, and a tall American, Venus Williams.Misses Kournikova and Williams are in the vanguard of the teenage troupe that is brightening up the women's game at the moment.
Rather than just brightening the resulting image, this effect distorts it.
Dear Reader,There are few things more boring than long articles by editors about how their redesigns are going to produce a sharper, more modern, publication, brightening readers' lives and furthering world peace.
THE mood in Greek business circles is brightening.
But this quaint resort is beginning to brighten up, with the grand Hôtel de la Plage now transformed into La Fabrique, a funky lounge bar and restaurant whose DJ gets guests dancing on the waterside terrace, while a year ago, the elegant Marie Collet, turned the top floor of her imposing house into a two-room B&B.
As he lay dying, I collected some pictures and candles to brighten up his room, and played his favourite Al Jolson songs.
Recently, Sabrina Ghayour, has helped brighten the greyest of days with Persian dishes lifted by pomegranate and sour cherries, while figs, plums and quince appear in the cooking of Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer at their hit restaurant Honey & Co, and in their eponymous recipe book.
As the price of prime assets rises and growth prospects brighten, some are moving into second-tier cities, dicier properties and recovering basket-case countries.
