lit up

Example Sentences

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Young faces lit up with joy as award winners bounced to the podium.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

When the tuft cells were exposed to succinate, a compound released by parasitic worms, the nearby sensor cells lit up.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The man who'd given them so much, whose goals lit up the Gallowgate, whose iconic celebration would one day be immortalised in bronze outside St James' Park.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Rocket trails also lit up the sky in Netanya, a city north of Tel Aviv on Israel's Mediterranean coast.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The moon lit up the cloudless night despite its only being half-full, and the whole land unfolded before them.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley