light up
Example Sentences
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Tugboat’s seemingly unimpressive heater might not light up the radar gun, but batters insist it feels much faster than it actually is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Those who grew up watching Panettiere light up screens both big and small were devastated.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Recently passing Eric Karros, for example, for first in career homers at Dodger Stadium — Muncy currently has 132 to Karros’ 130 — doesn’t light up Muncy as one might think.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Photographs of happy, smiling human faces made an area of the brain that is associated with reward "light up" with activity.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It was a nervous laugh, but a laugh all the same, and it made her eyes light up.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
