Which preposition to use with lightens

in Occurrences 18%

If but the fire that lightens in thine eyes Were equal with their beauty, all the snow And frost of all the world would melt and glow Like brands that blaze beneath fierce tropic skies.

of Occurrences 17%

My heart had been lightened of one load.

with Occurrences 13%

The troubles of others also have I lightened with this prayer,even a woman possessed by a Jinn, under whose face I burned the prayer, so that the evil spirit fled."

for Occurrences 8%

Generally arm in arm, these kindly coadjutors lightened for each other the toilsome duties of their profession, and when, in advanced age, one found it convenient to retire, the other was not long in discovering that it suited him to lay down the fasces also.

to Occurrences 7%

and the sick man's disappointment lightened to a smile.

by Occurrences 7%

She was where both inclination and duty had led herby his side; and smiling at trials that she was permitted to share with him, and to lighten by her presence.

on Occurrences 5%

And if a sullen cloud, as sad as night, In which the sun may seem embodiéd, Depured of all his dross, we see so white, Burning in melted gold his watery head, Or round with ivory edges silvered; What lustre super-excellent will he Lighten on those that shall his sunshine see In that all-glorious court in which all glories be!

from Occurrences 3%

And O Mr. Lovelace, how happy I shall be, when my heart is lightened from the all-sinking weight of a father's curse!

before Occurrences 2%

The calm of the morning proved to be only a sort of lightening before death.

over Occurrences 2%

The sky's lightening over Asia yonder, and 'tis small chance ye'll have if the dawn catches ye.' 'Lucky beggars!' growled a big Tasmanian, as they passed him on their way to the north end of the trench.

through Occurrences 2%

While Love's soft beams illume her treacherous eyes, And Beauty lightens through the thin disguise.

toward Occurrences 2%

All the stores which could possibly be spared were now placed in a depot at the junction of the south branch, and the commissioner proceeded with the boats thus lightened toward Kedgwick Lake.

into Occurrences 2%

Yet the unlovely is not to be found within these covers: there was a quality in the writer's mind like that fervid, all-vivifying sunshine which so illumines the cities of the desert, so steeps the pavements, so soaks through the pores of solids, so sharpens angles and softens curves, as Fromentin tells us, that even squalor borrows brilliant dyes, and rags and filth lighten into picturesque and burnished glory.

within Occurrences 1%

He bowed his head as one in deep dejection when he departed, but in truth his heart was lightened within him, for he had the king's assurance that the woman whom he hated would, even though his wife, not sit on the throne of the Queens of France.

at Occurrences 1%

You should have heard how Rose thundered and lightened at him for his lying, and then sent him to the Doctor.

like Occurrences 1%

The sweetness of the heavenly country had soothed away his care, and taken the cloud from his face; but he was as yet unaccustomed to smile,though when he remembered and looked round him and saw that all was well, his countenance lightened like the morning sky, and his eyes woke up in splendor like the sun rising.

under Occurrences 1%

My spirit lightened under the influences of the crisp air and cheering sunshine.

as Occurrences 1%

Yet at times the air was softly moved and troubled, the surrounding gloom faintly lightened as with a misty dawn, and then was dark again; or drowsy, far-off cries and confused noises seemed to grow out of the silence, and, when they had attracted the weary ear, sank away as in a mocking dream, and showed themselves unreal.

Which preposition to use with  lightens