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
All flurried, she arises and signals the conductor that she is alighting here.
From 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
He is alighting with the nimbleness of a youth, in spite of his seventy-one years.
From Napoleon and Blucher by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
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
