Brightened

Examples

• As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Snagsby has brightened in a moment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The boy's face flushed up, as it did usually when he was moved, and his eyes brightened. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Too many a time had I seen him in need of being brightened up with a comforting word! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Her colour rose, and her eyes brightened fiercely. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He brightened up directly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• My mother rose the moment he had done, with flushed cheeks and brightened eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We'll stick together, he said; and May's face had brightened at his setting such a good example to Dallas. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But, morning once more brightened my view, and I extended my clemency to Biddy, and we dropped the subject. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Her pale face brightened as she repeated the words, her wandering eyes fixed on me with a sudden intereSt. Ah, how happy you must have been! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Somehow the sight of the old shoes had a good effect upon the girls, for Mother was coming, and everyone brightened to welcome her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I am sorry for that, returned the other, while her eyes brightened at the information, it would have gave me such pleasure to meet you there! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• His wife's face brightened, but she instantly answered: Oh, you'd much better go alone. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The multitude of doubtful faces (a little conscience-stricken) brightened at the sound, and took it up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If I had beheld a thousand roses blowing in a top set of chambers, in that withered Gray's Inn, they could not have brightened it half so much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Her face flushed deeply while she read it--her eyes brightened with anger as she handed it to me to read in my turn. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The prospect before her now, was threatening to a degree that could not be entirely dispelledthat might not be even partially brightened. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Nor could I be mistaken in the swift gleam of triumph that brightened those dark orbs for an instant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Her face brightened at this, but she drew her hand away, not with a gesture of coquetry, but as though renouncing something to which she had no claim. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Emanuel, who had hitherto stood looking on, dark as the winter-solstice, brightened up somewhat; he thought I should now show myself at least no fool. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His face at once brightened up, and slapping his hand on his leg he said: I am glad to hear it, and we can do it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Dorothea's face brightened. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You chose very wisely, I am sure, replied Miss Crawford, with a brightened look; Anhalt is a heavy part. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• An unbidden suffusion for one moment both softened and brightened her eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was a windy day, and the air stirring on Little Dorrit's face soon brightened it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Lily's eye brightened, and a faint smile relaxed the drawn lines of her mouth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• No, indeed, I rejoined, and Worcester's countenance brightened, till he became almost handsome. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Gamfield's countenance brightened, as, with a quick step, he returned to the table, and said, 'What'll you give, gen'l'men? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Her face brightened; she came a step nearer to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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