alight
verb (used without object)
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
have alighted
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present perfectof alight.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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
It chanced to be the station for which I had taken my ticket; but anyhow I should have alighted there.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
