alight

Example Sentences

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Minutes later we are rushed away as the commandos prepare to set the lab alight – destroying the crop, and the chemicals.

From BBC

It was alight with silver; it looked alive, an ancient, breathing thing.

From Literature

He flew straight up, using his claws as a guide, before alighting on the very, very top, away from even the other birds, who included Pelicarnassus.

From Literature

The face the London tube driver's gaze alighted on looked uncannily like his own.

From BBC

As part of the investigation into what happened at The Station nightclub, experts from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology built a laboratory version of the club and set it alight.

From BBC