alighted
Example Sentences
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Here countless celebrities and industry titans alighted as they came, or returned, to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
That forced shippers to look elsewhere and many of them alighted on Thailand and other countries in south-east Asia.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
Not surprisingly, by the time that the couple alighted at the Astrodome in 1974, they were headed for divorce proceedings.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024
Apparently, once we had left, the ravens had alighted together.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
