lightening
the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm.
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- lightening , lightning
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How to use lightening in a sentence
To my surprise, I also noticed a visible lightening of sun damage and brighter skin after just a few uses.
Skip the Pricey Microdermabrasion Appointments and Use This Luxe Exfoliating Cream Instead | Erica Radol | April 4, 2022 | The Daily BeastThe organization runs programs to educate young girls of color about online safety, healthy digital behaviors, and the dangers of physical skin lightening.
How digital beauty filters perpetuate colorism | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 15, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewFew people are willing to admit or speak openly about this aspect of their skin care regimen, as it is generally frowned upon by society even as the lighter skin that one is born with or comes as a result of skin lightening is elevated in society.
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In recent times, Zwarte Piet has become a lightening rod for issues of Dutch identity and multicultural tolerance.
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He believes that the plane was hit by a bolt of lightening and went down in deep water.
Buckling down to tie-up loose ends is key to lightening your mental load.
By five in the morning, the sky was lightening, and we trudged back toward Christopher Street, where I could catch a train home.
It was as if some spirit that had breathed on him, sustaining him, lightening his incipient heaviness, had been removed.
The Creators | May SinclairMichael sighed under a faint lightening of his load, and Stella came up to him engagingly to slip her arm into his.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieHe pointed with shaking fingers away toward the east, where a faint gleam of daylight was lightening the sky.
The New Tenant | E. Phillips OppenheimMay God forbid, that after all these years of darkness you should play me false now when the dawn is already lightening the sky.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips OppenheimA soft grey twilight rested upon the sea; darker and blacker the waters seemed just then by contrast with the lightening skies.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for lightening
/ (ˈlaɪtənɪŋ) /
obstetrics the sensation, experienced by many women late in pregnancy when the head of the fetus enters the pelvis, of a reduction in pressure on the diaphragm, making it easier to breathe
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