set alight
Example Sentences
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On a summer night alongside the Colorado River, a line of telegraph poles is set alight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The cathedral, set alight in the overnight attacks, was almost completely destroyed during World War II and rebuilt only in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
It's not clear why 120 years later the material set alight.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Police said a track switch was set alight near Pesaro, on the Adriatic coast.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
The gilded Statue of the Republic rose before me, set alight by the setting sun until it glowed as brightly as the angel Dumah’s flaming sword.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
