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

Perhaps one day the UK will be littered with schemes like Spain's Ciudad Real airport and its 4,000m international runway, upon which, since April 2012, only birds have alighted.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

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

The name department is like a cloak-room when the guests have departed, a train from which all passengers have alighted, an office on Christmas day.

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger