alight

Example Sentences

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As part of the investigation into what happened at The Station nightclub, experts from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology built a laboratory version of the club and set it alight.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

They alight in a waterlogged Liverpool and discover the broken social factions that have cropped up in the wake of environmental collapse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

It was set alight in the early hours of Thursday morning in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East, Victoria police said in a statement, describing it as a "suspicious fire".

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Luckily, the V & A Dundee museum and Royal Research Ship Discovery offered much more to set my imagination alight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The Games, alight with Homer and cider, were open.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles