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Sentence count:123+13Posted:2017-03-12Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: rideSimilar words: highlightlightplightflightblightslightlight uplightenMeaning: [ə'laɪt]  v. 1. to come to rest, settle 2. come down. adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame. 
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61. The Forestry Commission says there's the potential for disaster when the dumped cars are set alight.
62. The latter and associated rubber air pipes caught alight and set the main avionics loom on fire.
63. He broke in, set a parachute alight and then went back to start a better one.
64. Her features were small and even; her blue eyes, large and lustrous, were alight with invitation.
65. Noreen's face was alight with loving pride in her brother.
66. The crickets had started up; next the fireflies would alight, but not as many as when Petey was small.
67. One of the students, Thanavuth Klingchua, set himself alight during the demonstration and died of his injuries four days later.
68. I can see in my mind's eye how the avenue of chestnuts was alight with red and white candles.
69. The first wells were set alight in February 1991 and their smoke plumes were clearly visible on satellite images of the region.
70. An attempt had been made to set it alight but no damage was caused.
71. As the tram was between stops, they were unable to alight.
72. Burning car: Thieves set alight a stolen car in a field near Stokesley.
73. He stood in the hallway puffing on it for a few seconds to make sure it was fully alight.
74. A couple of grenades then set a nearby house alight.
75. Some accounts say that the fire engines were attacked, overturned[sentencedict.com], and set alight.
76. She sipped brandy, held it on her tongue, set herself alight.
77. As the final starbursts exploded above the ferry, the fishing boat was set alight and slowly began to sink.
78. By rail you could alight at the tiny wooden platform that has been used by servicemen for decades.
79. The film itself didn't set the world alight, but critics and movie-makers were impressed with the young stars.
80. Further timber was then heaped round the base, soaked in paraffin and then set alight.
81. The whole place would be alight with flares, the old cotton flares with waste.
82. But it's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened.
83. The liquid burst into flames and within minutes the whole building was alight.
84. She waited until he grew nearer and then walked up to him, her face alight.
85. We have arrived at the terminus. Passengers please alight.
86. His face was alight with inspiration.
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87. The room was alight with lamps.
88. Passengers for Lanzhou alight at Nanjing.
89. His eye was alight, his color coppery, his air swagger, devil - may - care, bacchanal.
90. Chang Su - su 's face was flushed and her eyes alight with excitement.
More similar words: highlightlightplightflightblightslightlight uplightenlightlydelightslightlyblightedlightingtwilightlighthousedelightedlight bulblimelightmoonlightenlightenlightningcome to lightflight pathdelightfullighteningenlightenedinfrared lightvisible lighttake delight inenlightenment
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