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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
brighten .
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Examples
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Then his expression brightened as Balfour pushed the kitchen door open with his elbow and came out holding a silver tray cluttered with mugs and a steaming pot.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Then his expression brightened as Balfour pushed the kitchen door open with his elbow and came out holding a silver tray cluttered with mugs and a steaming pot.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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His expression brightened at the new arrival, nodding with enthusiasm of his own.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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His expression brightened at the new arrival, nodding with enthusiasm of his own.
INTERPHASE: BOOK TWO Dayton Ward 2001
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His expression brightened at the new arrival, nodding with enthusiasm of his own.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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His expression brightened at the new arrival, nodding with enthusiasm of his own.
Miracle Workers Keith R.A. DeCandido 2001
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Then her expression brightened, and a smile curved her mouth as color flooded back into her cheeks.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Then her expression brightened, and a smile curved her mouth as color flooded back into her cheeks.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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The pilot hesitated, and then his expression brightened.
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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The young woman’s eyes widened and her expression brightened with self-importance.
Highborn Yvonne Navarro 2010
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