Lighter

Examples

• These fine sunny days began to make me ashamed of my winter merino, so I have furbished up a lighter garment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The tiny yeast plants multiply and continue to make alcohol and gas, and in consequence, the dough becomes lighter and lighter. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But perhaps it may grow lighter as we go. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• When the gas holder is full it is buoyed up by the lighter gas, and occupies an elevated position, and as its supply is used up, the gas holder settles down into the water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A greater quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter digestion than others. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• There were black, deep blue, lighter blue, green, purple, red, yellow, white, and other colours or shades of colours. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Listen, he put the lighter down and stood holding his rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Another and cheaper product experimented with is the pith of the cornstalk, which is much lighter than the cocoanut fiber and serves the same purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But there later came a reaction in favor of lighter guns and quick firers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Gradually the blade of the scythe was made lighter, the handle was lengthened, and fingers added to collect the grain and carry it to the end of the stroke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Chairs, lounges and lighter furniture were thus made from bent pieces of wood with very few joints, having a neat and attractive appearance, and possessing great strength. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In a little while, it will weigh lighter than any feather. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Looking across it in the darkness, lighter here in the open from the starlight, he saw the dark bulks of the picketed horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn gray and cold. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• There were a few lighters and barges, but none of the great merchantmen such as ply the upper air between the cities of the outer world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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