alight

Example Sentences

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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

While the creations from independent L.A. brand Lucky Star Candle are technically burnable, I prefer to display them around my house like beautiful wax sculptures whose sole purpose is alighting aesthetic pleasure within me.

From Los Angeles Times

Here countless celebrities and industry titans alighted as they came, or returned, to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents fear the fire will burn all night - and early evening pictures from the scene showed the buildings still alight.

From BBC

At the peak of the fire, 100 containers were alight in four different compartments of the ship, according to Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Adam VanGerpen.

From Los Angeles Times