alight
verb (used without object)
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
is alighting
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present progressiveof alight (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While the creations from independent L.A. brand Lucky Star Candle are technically burnable, I prefer to display them around my house like beautiful wax sculptures whose sole purpose is alighting aesthetic pleasure within me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
A servant rushes to the window and tells us that his mistress is alighting.
From The Theory of the Theatre by Clayton Meeker Hamilton
Oh! there he is alighting from his horse!
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Isabel Florence Hapgood
He is alighting with the nimbleness of a youth, in spite of his seventy-one years.
From Napoleon and Blucher by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
At this moment the door suddenly opened; the waiting maid put in her head and exclaimed, "The governor is alighting at the door."
From The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
