alighted

Example Sentences

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The face the London tube driver's gaze alighted on looked uncannily like his own.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Not surprisingly, by the time that the couple alighted at the Astrodome in 1974, they were headed for divorce proceedings.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

But the American composer has an instinct for recognizing when he has alighted on a story that will send his imagination into overdrive.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

A poor fisherman in a Turkish village was retrieving his net from a lake when he found that a white stork had alighted on his boat.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Fyrian, Glerk, and the nearly unconscious Sorrow Eater alighted next to them.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill