Sentence examples for is alight from inspiring English sources

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is alight

adjective

Lit, on fire, switched on.

  • The sticks were damp and wouldn't catch alight.

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Heaven is alight.

The river is alight with floating candles, children wading in to push them along.

In Michael Grandage's fast and filleted production of Hamlet, Jude Law is alight with ire.

By day, the forest is alight with reds and golds, oranges and browns, greens and yellows.

The man makes a swift, small movement with his right arm and, suddenly, his body is alight.

The venue is alight with cameraphones, while to Wizkid's left, admirers try to clamber up to touch him.

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So the car was alight with triumph.

Her eyes are alight like coals.

Social media was alight with comments".

Why's that?" "It's alight".

She was alight, thrilled, and, I'll bet, relieved.

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