| be brighter | 12.05 | The future is brighter, | ||
| look brighter | 4.41 | The future looks brighter. | ||
| get brighter | 1.51 | The long term is getting a lot brighter. | ||
| seem brighter | 1.05 | The air seems brighter. | ||
| appear brighter | 0.92 | At night the system appeared brighter. | ||
| grow brighter | 0.86 | As a result, a glimmer of promise is growing ever brighter. | ||
| become brighter | 0.79 | Suddenly the vegetables become much brighter. | ||
| burn brighter | 0.39 | In a single night, the spotlight suddenly burned brighter. | ||
| turn brighter | 0.39 | Elsewhere, much of the Gulf Coast will turn brighter. |