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Meanings of grow lighter in English

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Usage of grow lighter in English
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A strip of blue sky appears-andhearts grow lighter at the sight.
The Great Hunger
2
I watched the sky grow lighter and seagulls soar past the windows.
Riding rockets
3
The very soul seemed to grow lighter and purer in that lucid air.
Zanoni
4
She felt her heart grow lighter, and became calm, almost cheerful.
How Women Love (Soul Analysis)
5
The sky began to grow lighter and the stars disappeared altogether.
The Sword of Shannara
6
I grow lighter, less dense, and larger... larger... exploding outward into the sun.
Flowers for Algernon
7
The very air seemed to grow lighter, the scent of the swaying flowers sweeter.
The Daughters of Danaus
8
I felt my heart grow lighter at the thought too.
Cleopatra's Moon
9
If your song is sad, you will find your heart grow lighter for it.'
Short Studies on Great Subjects
10
For an hour the night continued to grow lighter.
Kazan
11
We marched on for a long time, and at last the sky began to grow lighter.
Original Short Stories — Volume 02
12
As he did so, the figures rose in the air and seemed to grow lighter and larger.
Friendly Fairies
13
Long before we got down to the cleared land, however, the sky began gradually to grow lighter.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
14
The family, already light, will grow lighter.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
15
The dusk of evening seemed to grow lighter about him, as if a cloud had been withdrawn.
The fellowship of the ring
16
Afterward she took a glass of ice water out to her patio and watched the world grow lighter.
Fortunate harbor
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