Only upon reaching our destination did my companion brighten a bit.

Really? He seemed to brighten a bit.

Let's hope things will brighten a bit.

Harry seemed to brighten a bit.

Myrtle seemed to brighten a bit.

Dick saw the stern face of the old colonel brighten a bit, while the tender smile curved again about the thin lips of the spinster.

At that, they brightened a bit and hurriedly dismounted and hunted dry wood.

Reading his face, Fran lit another lamp and the foyer brightened a bit.

Although he brightens a bit when I come in, it's clear he feels miserable.

And Dick's face brightened a bit.

Haber brightens a bit more.

"You must know who he means," she insisted, brightening a bit, however.

Finkle-McGraw brightened a bit.

He brightened a bit.

Keynes brightened a bit.

Jack brightened a bit.