There is no indication the load will lighten.

Ben, his load somewhat lightened, had returned to the land of the living and was chattering happily.

Iveta was ready now for sleep, the load on her heart greatly lightened.

Twenty minutes later they were once more in the shadow of the accommodation block, their loads lightened considerably.

Twelve weeks later, his load lightened when he took himself out of the governor's race and said he would leave politics altogether.

The load across Daniel's back lightened with every unleashed coil.

With their loads lightened, the ragtag force moved off at a faster clip to the south.

With the load suddenly lightened, my arm gave a hard yank .

For whether you moved quickly or leisurely, the day's worth of work still awaited; the load never lightened.

Sure enough, the load lightened just enough so that Eva-Lynne didn't have to worry about it.