0 past simple and past participle of brighten
It may have brightened up council chamber discussions initially, but something else rapidly happened.
We were all brightened and cheered and almost inspired by it.
The whitewash goes on, the canteen cook gets instructions, the board room is polished, the boys are brightened up and everybody is on his toes.
The dormitories have been redecorated and the shelter where people wait for admission has been cleaned and brightened up.
Some housewives' mundane, lonely days, can sometimes be brightened up by a salesman who may have a considerable amount of charm and talent.
Our predecessors did this from time to time as the outlook brightened.
Many old people have had their lives brightened by visits which are paid to them.
In many ways it may have been too hard and it has been lightened, brightened and expanded nowadays.
