Sentence examples for are alight from inspiring English sources
adjective
Lit, on fire, switched on.
- The sticks were damp and wouldn't catch alight.
Her eyes are alight like coals.
A background sizzle announces that the ovens are alight.
A staircase leads nowhere, and balconies are alight with candles.
Thick black curly hair falls over her shoulders and her eyes are alight with mischief.
His eyes are alight and he speaks in warm gusts, like a hill-country preacher after a shot of straight bourbon.
President Obama's independents have deserted him, the business and Tea Party wings of the Republican Party are alight with fervor and cash, and even season-ticket Democrats are searching for their old enthusiasm.
These difficulties were first elaborated by Albert Einstein in 1905 100 years ago.Suppose, for a moment, that you are alighting from a spaceship.
Spray at flies and on surfaces where flies are alighting.
So the car was alight with triumph.
Social media was alight with comments".
