have alighted
- present perfect of alight.
Example Sentences
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But Whitman, I imagine, would have alighted at Times Square, “afoot and lighthearted.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
Spike Lee and Riley tell stories set decades apart, but both directors have alighted on the telephone as a portal for infiltration.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
Some of these new converts have alighted upon the basic income as an answer to our fragmenting welfare state.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2017
It is hard to imagine how the curator could have alighted on cutting edge brands such as Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons, or even contemporary Balenciaga, for his homage to the earlier era.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2011
You have alighted on the exact fact, so clever are you!
From The Long Night by Weyman, Stanley John
