Sentence examples for is designed to lighten from inspiring English sources

Like Günter Grass's Oskar, Foer's narrator always carries an instrument with him, in his case a tambourine, which is designed to lighten his spirits.

With that in mind, BU's 'Don't Panic!' campaign is designed to lighten the load ahead of January exams, offering a space in the union with tea and coffee, student advisors and even mindfulness colouring books.

The realignment, which will begin to take effect next month, is designed to lighten the director's managerial role, giving him more time to interact with outside communities and address big issues, says NSF's Judith Gan, who runs the agency's legislative and public affairs shop.

The phased increases to take place in April and October this year and then January 2011 are designed to lighten the impact, but petrol and diesel are already costing more than £1.20 a litre in some parts of the country and only look like they are going to go up further even without the government's further tax".

The app, which is designed to promote Vaseline's range of skin-lightening creams for men, promises to "transform your face on Facebook with Vaseline Men" in a campaign fronted by Bollywood actor Shahid Kapur.

QUE is designed to simplify the multi-faceted lifestyle of the modern businessperson, and to quite literally lighten their workload.

These will not work, as they are not designed to lighten the melanin in your skin.

It was supposed to be a bad joke designed to lighten things up, but when Los Angeles started to crumble into the ocean with John Cusack driving his stupid limo at full speed through all the mess as our own house shook from aftershocks, the whole thing felt like deja-vu and was actually quite disturbing.

The app was designed to promote the brands's range of skin-lightening creams for men, a fast-growing market on the subcontinent.

Suffering from no such lack of preparedness, cosmetic companies are releasing an army of reparative products designed to lighten skin, reduce wrinkles and generally reverse the effects of too much fun in the sun.

Drugstores and beauty stores carry skin-lightening creams with a variety of different ingredient bases that are designed to remove freckles and other dark spots.