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

So quiet she was over it that every now and then a yellow-bird or a 56 fly-catcher would alight upon the edge of the bateau to bounce away again with a startled and indignant twitter.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir