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Example Sentences
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In some ways, high school looks much the same as it did 20, even 100 years ago: sleepy eyes either light up or glaze over when a teacher poses a Socratic question.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
At dusk, the skyscraper’s crown is set to light up a display of rockets launching into the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
But when Jeff fibs and says that Helen’s going to be in a new Paul Newman film, eyes light up.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
As the temperature heads below freezing, powerful pyrotechnics light up the sky and Tennant does indeed stand in a bush looking furtive, as promised.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
He sat by our fly, casting looks across the channel, up toward the hillside where the hundred cook-fires of the enemy light up the night.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
