alight
verb (used without object)
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
was alighting
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past progressiveof alight.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Subhash told them they were at Foggy Bottom, where he himself was alighting.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2015
Outside stood a smart motor, and from it was alighting the trim figure of Jasper Vermont.
From Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice
The lock appeared to circle about him, then he was on his back and Graylock's pet was alighting with a flutter of wings on his chest.
From The Star Hyacinths by Virgil Finlay
If this modern Rebekah had understood beforehand where she was alighting she would have ordered the camel drivers to turn the caravan backward toward Padan-aram.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
But my attention was just then preoccupied by the face and figure, which seemed familiar to me, of a woman who was alighting from the brake.
From Stories in Light and Shadow by Bret Harte
