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
A few men in khaki were alighting from compartments.
From Four Days The Story of a War Marriage by Hetty Hemenway
This was right at the Front in Flanders, and a long cavalcade of French soldiers were alighting also.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Louise Mack
A nearer view showed that they were alighting in the thorn bushes on the south border of the wood.
From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett
By this time the train had stopped and Arthur and his father were alighting at the small station.
From The Story of a Plush Bear by Laura Lee Hope
