Example Sentences

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But the American composer has an instinct for recognizing when he has alighted on a story that will send his imagination into overdrive.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Art-world glamour has alighted in Dakar with Black Rock, the posh seafront residency established by Kehinde Wiley.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

Barely had people perceived two monster players — Federer and Rafael Nadal — when a third has alighted.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2016

Mr Lawsky has alighted on the fact that the size of the fine is at least a partial solution to the issue of making reparations count.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2014

Where the queen has alighted the swarm will remain; and if she goes into the hive, the long black files of the bees will closely follow, as soon as the news shall reach them.

From The Children's Life of the Bee by Maeterlinck, Maurice