light up
Example Sentences
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The L lights up on the lamp board.
From Literature
"Boxing was just something that has always been there in my life," Francesca says, recalling how she would light up when strangers would recognise her dad in restaurants and out in public.
From BBC
Each neighborhood has its own group powered by local people on the encrypted messaging app Signal, which lights up with rumors and tips when vehicles with tinted-windows or ICE officers are spotted.
From Barron's
The computer plays itself quietly, lighting up in measured, zigzagging rows until one or two players take up the controllers, which operate the game’s so-called paddles.
Boo’s eyes light up as she begins counting.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
