BRIGHT in a Sentence

Learn BRIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

279 example sentences for BRIGHT, such as:

1. He's a bright kid and eager to learn.
2. It was warm and bright in the kitchen.
3. A bright flush flew to Mattie's cheeks.
4. He's a bright kid, but he needs prodding.
5. I closed my eyes against the bright light.

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 Meanings and Examples of BRIGHT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bright
 a.  full of light; shining
 a.  full of life; cheerful; happy
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The girl was more than the bright serviceable creature he had thought her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Now, in the bright morning air, her face was still before him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
3  It was warm and bright in the kitchen.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
4  A bright fire glowed in the stove and the cat lay stretched before it, watching the table with a drowsy eye.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
5  A bright flush flew to Mattie's cheeks.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  Under her shapeless dress her body kept its limp immobility, and her dark eyes had the bright witch-like stare that disease of the spine sometimes gives.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
7  But, damn it, she was just so pallid and uninteresting and always the same, beside Scarlett's bright and changeable charm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  An hour later when the conversation began to lag, Gerald, with a guile that belied the wide innocence of his bright blue eyes, proposed a game.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  The heavy mahogany table and sideboards, the massive silver, the bright rag rugs on the shining floor were all in their accustomed places, just as if nothing had happened.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  Through the window Scarlett could see the bright riot of the twin lanes of daffodils bordering the graveled driveway and the golden masses of yellow jessamine spreading flowery sprangles modestly to the earth like crinolines.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  Discarded garments lay about her on the floor, the bed, the chairs, in bright heaps of color and straying ribbons.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  The prospect looked brighter to Scarlett, so bright in fact that she turned beaming eyes on Charles and smiled from pure joy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  At the same moment, Scarlett's eye was caught by a figure on the sidewalk in a brightly colored dress--too bright for street wear-- covered by a Paisley shawl with fringes to the heels.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  Just a little over a year ago, she was dancing and wearing bright clothes instead of this dark mourning and was practically engaged to three boys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  And everywhere amid the greenery, on flags and bunting, blazed the bright stars of the Confederacy on their background of red and blue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
16  Strip lighting is very effective in offices, but it's too bright for the home.
17  The school has come under attack for failing to encourage bright pupils.
18  He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy.
19  The office is quite bright and airy - it's a pleasant working environment.
20  All the bright precious things fade so fast.
21  An important feature of Van Gogh's paintings is their bright colours.
22  I spotted a shooting star which, to my astonishment, was bright green in colour.
23  If you hang your clothes out in the bright sun, they will fade.
24  The theory is that there was a rare conjunction of certain bright planets that created the image of the so-called 'Star of Bethlehem'.
25  He's a bright kid and eager to learn.
26  He's a bright kid, but he needs prodding.
27  For now the only bright spots in the labor market are small businesses and high-tech start-ups.
28  I closed my eyes against the bright light.
29  Every time you mention his name, she goes bright red.
30  A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset.