Sentence examples for was lightened from inspiring English sources
verb
To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
"But their burden was lightened by the Christian church giving such solid and clear support.
An earthy dish of breaded sweetbreads and morels was lightened by a Malmsey sauce.
A smart, veritably businesslike khaki suit was lightened with a swishy bright-green scarf.
From time to time, my mood was lightened by the sight of poppies by the roadside.
My mood was lightened soon afterwards by a party of local schoolchildren in the middle of a lively snowball fight.
Ms. Ross's weepy hit "Touch Me in the Morning" was lightened up with a bossa nova and became dry-eyed.
The sky was lightening, dawn an hour away.
"But he was lightening in a bottle and did not suffer fools lightly".
What we did was lighten up on those things that have done very well for us".
But he said he was lightening the sentence for one reason: Mr. Hamilton's public service.
As users pointed out, the filter was lightening skin tones to achieve its mooted "beautifying" effect.
