alight

Example Sentences

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Here countless celebrities and industry titans alighted as they came, or returned, to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents fear the fire will burn all night - and early evening pictures from the scene showed the buildings still alight.

From BBC

At the peak of the fire, 100 containers were alight in four different compartments of the ship, according to Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Adam VanGerpen.

From Los Angeles Times

They say that this White Dwarf wrapped itself in a blanket of stolen gas that caught alight quickly, sending a pulse of pressure into the core of the star that ignited the supernova.

From Space Scoop

A mum and her three children were murdered in a fire after her sister's "jealous" ex-partner broke into their home and set it alight, a trial has heard.

From BBC