Cleaning the silver platter increased its brightness.    From LearnThat.org. 

In the dense mist, the Northern Star – in brightness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Requiem: 1935-1940 « Planning the Day] Reference

The moon walks in brightness, though the dogs bark at it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

Evidence for long-term brightness changes of solar-type stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Content on CO2 Science] Reference

I, however, find its mintiness adds a certain brightness to a dish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

The temple, once filled with brightness, is now darkened with cloud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Virginia Woolf's suggestion about turning down the monitor's brightness is interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Pesky Inner Critic] Reference

The brightness is as good as you get until you buy the top end Leupolds or German scopes.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Performance, Lower Price - "True Value" Hall of Fame] Reference

H-particles by the difference in brightness, a practice which the Viennese vehemently defended.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference

Baliunas, S., and R. Jastrow, 1990: Evidence for long-term brightness changes of solar-type stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

GLTerminal emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display curvature, and flicker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives] Reference

Where first he soars in brightness from the seas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference

“A sudden, rapid, and intense variation in brightness.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Solar Flares | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News] Reference

Comets can undergo sudden mysterious outbursts in brightness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Monster | Impact Lab] Reference

And in this brightness, that is, in the Son, the Father knows Himself and all that lives in Him; for all that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adornment of the Spritual Marriage] Reference

And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

The brightness was a bit too harsh, so it's meant to ease the eye strain until the stained-glass window is installed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dream of the Rood] Reference

However, when I transfer them to my computer (HP Pavilion dv2700) the quality, namely the brightness, seems to decrease.    From Wordnik.com.  [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference

The new model can project your pictures and videos at 14 lumens brightness, which is brighter than the S1000's 10 lumens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crave at CNET UK] Reference

Everywhere was very clean, full of the German morning energy and brightness, which is so different from the Latin morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight in Italy] Reference

But perchance, thou seest with the eye of Faith, gazing on that brightness, that is to be, through the painted-glass of thy imagination.    From Wordnik.com.  [She] Reference

"brightness" -- love of Greek mythology -- steady mental development -- his definition of the aim of poetry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference

6C, the changing unit 204 changes the rate of increase in the brightness, which is.    From Wordnik.com.  [FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/01/2010] Reference

7C, the changing unit 204 changes the rate of decrease in the brightness, which is.    From Wordnik.com.  [FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/01/2010] Reference

There's a knob called 'brightness', but it doesn't work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lockergnome] Reference

Light output is described as "brightness" and is measured in lumens.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference

I guess this "brightness" is what I call "instantivity" (no such word huh?).    From Wordnik.com.  [MacTalk Apple Refurb] Reference

It was a frosty kind of brightness, too like that of an icicle in the moonlight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Stories Every Child Should Know] Reference

It was a frosty kind of brightness, too, like that of an icicle in the moonlight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Snow Image and other stories] Reference

Isaura's face brightened to another kind of brightness, -- a pleased and tender light.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Parisians — Complete] Reference

Just like the video mode, a few options are at your disposal, such as brightness etcetera.    From Wordnik.com.  [LetsGoDigital English Edition] Reference

Click Effect, you are allowed to adjust video effect such as brightness, contrast and saturation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - Geeks!] Reference

"We're ahead by a wide margin in critical categories such as brightness, color saturation and video speed.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

BenQ earlier this week unveiled a new digital projector with a high brightness which is reportedly easy to use.    From Wordnik.com.  [SlipperyBrick.com] Reference

They were beautiful, that was beyond question, but Catriona was beautiful too, and had a kind of brightness in her like a coal of fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona] Reference