His face brightened to a smile.
He lived for war and battle - -it was evident in his brightened gaze and face.
She brightened at the sight of the comfortable seating.
The faces of officers and men brightened up at the sound.
Rejoining his regiment, then in the garrison at Auxonne, after a furlough of twenty-one months, the young officer went through a time of much privation, brightened only by the study of history and cognate subjects.