Examples of 'alight' in a sentence
Meaning of "alight"
Alight (adjective): Illuminated by light, such as a place or object that is brightly lit or glowing. 'Alight' can also describe something being on fire or in flames, although this usage is less common in modern English
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- To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
- Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
- Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
- To come down or go down; to descend.
How to use "alight" in a sentence
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You made us alight from a moving train.
The carpet was just starting to catch alight.
Several houses set alight and destroyed.
Set alight the heart once again.
Because he was set alight after he died.
Vests alight with pailletes and color.
Many houses looted and set alight.
You do not alight in a hurry in front of ladies.
You would have to alight the cart.
And set alight in a cbi holding cell.
Assistance to board and alight the train.
His face alight with patriotic fervor.
There is a sort of bonfire of barriers to set alight.
But if they alight with a coach now.
The pilot flame must remain alight.
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She was set alight while still alive.
Whatever did that also set him alight.
To alight from a coach on the wrong side.
Set the fire alight with action.
And in an instant the corpses were set alight.
She will alight from the fiacre.
Unless you are planning on setting yourself alight.
When attempting to alight from a train at that.
Do not move grill while it is hot or alight.
I will carry you alight inside my soul.
The first platoon of the car alight.
The skies alight with a guitar bite.
The second platoon of the car alight.
Then when it catches alight everyone participates.
Ran off before they set it alight.
Cigarettes were set alight almost simultaneously.
Rioters set two police cars alight.
His eyes are alight in the darkness.
Again it failed to set the charts alight.
The whole place is alight with a rumor.
Both towns were plundered and set alight.
Setting people alight in the hope of transcendental resurrection.
I am just trying to set the world alight.
He will endeavor to set alight a number of their ships.
Kalanta used fuel to set himself alight.
Government buildings were set alight during the demonstrations.
It was eventually destroyed by vandals who set it alight.
Motorbikes were set alight in an old warehouse.
A recorded voice called all passengers to alight.
Please alight beyond the clearway.
It is reported that he set the animal alight.
Alight your gaze on yonder fabled beasts of yore.
Let us see if we can get them alight.
His anger was alight in his eyes.
The language of flowers are suddenly alight.
