To the days of the aged it addeth length, To the might of the strong it addeth strength; It freshens the heart, it brightens the sight, 'T is like quaffing a goblet of morning light!
It goes with the peddler, in his crowded pack; cheers him at eventide, when he sits down dusty and fatigued; brightens the freshness of his morning face.
More gold deepens and brightens the lustre; more tin turns it on the violet or purple.
Leone Leoni" opens with one of the finest dramatic outbursts of emotion known to the literature of modern fiction; but it soon wanders away into discursive weakness, and only just toward the close brightens up into a burst of lurid splendor.
No gleam of the poetic softens or brightens his lithe and nervous logic; no deep feeling animates, inspires and sanctifies it.
The compliment works wonders; Monica quite brightens up again, but the two old ladies are hopelessly scandalized.
It is the blush of innocence, that brightens beneath the spirit of calm resolution.
As the officials advance his face brightens up with animation; his spirit resumes its fiery action, and with a flashing knife, no one knows by whom provided, he bids them advance no further.
The difference between the commerce of this world and the glory of heaven brightens before me.
Mr. Sheriff brightens up, his very soul seems to expand with legal tenacity.
Night arrives, the old mansion brightens and resounds with the bustle of preparation.
Love, whose soft shadow brightens Earth, Through whom our dreams are nearest; And loss, through whom we see the worth Of all that we held dearest.
The whole world brightens With spring, that lightens The foot that frightens The building thrush; Where water tosses On ferns and mosses The squirrel crosses The beechen hush.
Through them, as instrumentalities, the torch-light of civilization progresses; Christianity brightens every prospect in every land.
Double roasting brightens a roast, but is a detriment to the cup quality.
The use of a small amount of water upon roasts gives better control by checking the roast at the proper point--the crucial time of its greatest heat; also, it swells and brightens the coffee, and tends to close the outer pores.
Coffee brightens the dullness of heavy philosophy, And opens the science of mighty geometry.
To this photographic memory we are indebted for the wealth of quotation, allusion and anecdote which brightens almost every page of his writings.
Rescue my castle before the hot day Brightens to blue from its silvery gray, CHO.
Where Sally goes it's always Spring, Her presence brightens everything; The sun smiles bright, but where her grin is, It makes brass farthings look like guineas.
A short pause and his face brightenswith a smile, the grave-digger shoulders his pick, and with the thumb of his right hand to his nasal organ, throws himself into a comical attitude.
The bow of the covenant brightens the storm, When its dark wings are shading the brow of the morn; But thou art uncradled by vapour or cloud, Thy glory's unshaded by night's sable shroud.
From Albion fled, thy once beloved retreat, What region brightens in thy smile, Creative Peace, and underneath thy feet Sees sullen flowers adorn the rugged soil?
So love settles on minds dead and bare; so love brightens all!
He brightens up his dull facts till they shine, and you no longer recognise them as dull, but brilliant.
You go on, guided by the sight of the sea, when the sky brightens fitfully: and by the sound of the sea, when you stray instinctively from the edge of the cliff, as mist and darkness gather once more densely and solemnly all around you.
He falls into raptures over the petals of the rose, and his eye brightens tenderly over the June fly.
Then too, as we look away from it, we find that the sun, in its passage through the sky not only brightens many a dark corner, but it casts many a deep, gloomy shadow as well.
For Thou lightest my lamp; Jehovah my God brightens my darkness.
That is the sight which brightens the eyes that look to God.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brightens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
