alight

[US]/ə'laɪt/
[UK]/ə'laɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. suddenly notice; come upon unexpectedly

adj. lit up; illuminated

Phrases & Collocations

set alight

Example Sentences

The room was alight with lamps.

alight on a happy solution.

the boy's face was alight with excitement.

a sparrow alighting on a branch.

Her face was alight with happiness.

The bird alighted on the branch.

Prepare to alight, for we are almost there.

The queen alighted from the carriage.

The sky was alight with millions of stars.

A sparrow alighted on the branch.

He finally alighted on a solution.

He wore a face alight with happiness.

visitors should alight at the Fort Road stop.

My eye alighted on an old book.

her eyes alighted on the item in question.

was alight, his color coppery, his air swagger, devil-may-care, bacchanal.

At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.

A pair of orioles alighted on the frisking branch of a weeping willow.

Real-world Examples

Another interesting trick is when magicians set paper alight, it remains intact.

Source: 21st Century English Newspaper

His pale, pointed face was alight with malice.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

When he finds one, he alights and mates.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2015 Collection

He stopped the carriage, but before he could alight and assist her she sprang down.

Source: Gone with the Wind

His eyes are alight with curiosity.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

His black eyes were alight with malice.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

When they alight, they are still holding hands.

Source: New Century College English Comprehensive Course (2nd Edition) Volume 2

They fill moats with oil and set it alight, creating these thick black plumes of choking smoke.

Source: CNN Selects October 2016 Collection

The building in the capital Ankara was set alight.

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

A covey of terns alighted on the Nautilus.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

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