alight
verb (used without object)
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
were 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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We were alighting on Alderney, a Channel Island with about 1,900 residents and more than 270 bird species, plus pipistrelle bats, white-toothed shrews, and blond and brown hedgehogs.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2015
Suddenly, a hurtling noise was heard in the air, and it seemed to the watcher as if a troop of witches were alighting at a distance from him.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
By this time the passengers who were alighting at Monte Carlo had pressed down the corridor in a procession, treading on each others' heels.
From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker
A few men in khaki were alighting from compartments.
From Four Days The Story of a War Marriage by Hetty Hemenway
While they were sitting there Anne and Gilbert were alighting from the train at Glen St. Mary.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
