Sentence examples for they were alight from inspiring English sources
The smaller vessels, accompanied by a number of ship's boats from the British frigates outside the harbour, attended the fireships and removed their crews once they were alight.
His eyes were alight with a strong emotion of some sort, but I could not determine which.
A spokesperson said a large wooden shed and outbuildings were alight, and 21 firefighters were at the scene.
The forums were alight with the LGBTQ community raising their arms in excitement.
Facebook and Twitter were alight with criticism, much of it centered on Underwood.
By Tuesday afternoon, social media were alight with wise-acre comments on the bill.
Message boards and Facebook threads were alight at the prospect of bringing the Cyclone Racer back.
Some lay dark and dormant; others were alight with mini-parties.
For the first time in a week, the child's eyes were alight.
When they came to a stop, they were set alight.
They were set alight just three weeks ago.In this section Blood on the tracks Where have all the foreigners gone?
