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Example Sentences

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Elizabeth Smart lit up the internet last month after posting a picture of herself in a tiny midnight-blue bikini with a full-body spray tan, blonde hair extensions and a seriously ripped physique.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

On a sunny afternoon in the spring of 2023, my phone lit up with texts from several friends sharing a video of Vice President Kamala Harris leaving a Washington, D.C., record store.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

De Mars lit a fire inside Rousey which hasn't stopped burning.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“You will have central transparency of all of the trading and quoting activity that’s occurring in the lit venues and dark pools around the world.”

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Yet even then I could see there was something very unusual, very spirited about her—the steely look in her eye, the sudden smile that lit up her whole face.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo