Sentence examples for alight upon from inspiring English sources
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The phrase "alight upon" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the action of a bird or other creature coming to rest somewhere, or to describe someone coming upon or arriving at a source of knowledge, such as in the phrase "an idea alighted upon him." An example sentence using this phrase is: "After a long flight, the migratory bird was finally able to alight upon the nearby tree."
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