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
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"How well you swim," said her lover, admiringly, as he greeted the young girl and noted enviously the drippings from her disfiguring cap that were privileged to alight upon her dimpled cheeks.
From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis