1.   Jones never learned to sing and rarely lightened up his sloganeering.

2.   You need to lighten up a bit.

3.   White walls would certainly lighten up the room.

4.   Although the prince shook few hands in the crowd gathered outside the library, he did lighten up once or twice during his meetings with business leaders.

5.   Amos is good at nonsense, guaranteed to lighten up even the most philosophical conversations.

6.   And he thinks major league baseball could get a lot of fans back if it would just lighten up a little.

7.   As credit card and mortgage expenses increase, consumers tend to lighten up on spending.

8.   As the main filling for the enchiladas, black beans are simmered with orange juice, which lightens up their dark, earthy taste.

9.   Baseball needs to lighten up a little on Rose.

10.   After five minutes of this, when no other passengers had joined us, I felt I should lighten up the situation.