alight

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

Residents fear the fire will burn all night - and early evening pictures from the scene showed the buildings still alight.

From BBC

At the peak of the fire, 100 containers were alight in four different compartments of the ship, according to Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Adam VanGerpen.

From Los Angeles Times

Three were convicted of wearing face coverings, and carrying weapons that included a bicycle chain and sharpened PVC pipe — not of setting the door alight.

From New York Times

On Wednesday, the Oscar winner wore black from head-to-toe as she alighted from a dark SUV and breezed into the Third District Court.

From BBC