alight upon
Example Sentences
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For some time, there has been an assumption that — at one point or another — the Premier League will inevitably alight upon its own version of this approach.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
The first victims are seabirds, graceful creatures that alight upon the ocean’s surface.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021
The trio think the death is solved — as the police do, ruling it a suicide — then Mabel and Charles both alight upon the same idea in the middle of the night.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021
David has me wade into the waters of the James River and alight upon a jet ski.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2017
No sooner does a fly alight upon this sensitive leaf, than, with a sudden spring, it closes, and crushes its victim to death.
From Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
