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is alighting

  • present progressive of alight (3rd person singular).

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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

He is alighting with the nimbleness of a youth, in spite of his seventy-one years.

From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

A servant rushes to the window and tells us that his mistress is alighting.

From The Theory of the Theatre by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

Oh! there he is alighting from his horse!

From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

All flurried, she arises and signals the conductor that she is alighting here.

From 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)