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Meanings of alight from in English

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Usage of alight from in English
1
The first to alight from it was Owen, looking pale and cold.
Desperate Remedies
2
When we alight from the cars he is nowhere to be seen.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
3
You alight from the vehicle and he gives you a thumbs up.
The South African
4
The sea is now alight from the increase of sunset hues.
A Tramp's Sketches
5
The greater room outside was alight from fire and from lanterns.
The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
6
Why did you not alight from your journey at my house?
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
7
Did no one alight from the train when I did?'
Tracy Park: A Novel
8
The situation map was alight from end to end.
Jem
9
Not to mention her shock at seeing you alight from my carriage without a chaperone.
Soulless
10
As he did so, the kitchen of the house sprang alight from a lamp within.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
11
Saw him just alight from buggy with what looked like sleeping child in his arms.
The Millionaire Baby
12
Perspective switch, and the sheets were concentric spherical shells, coming alight from the core outwards.
The Neutronium Alchemist
13
He hastened down to open the door and help them to alight from their carriage.
Cobwebs and Cables
14
She forgot the joy she would soon have in seeing her father alight from the train.
The Debtor: A Novel
15
General Ople assisted Lady Camper to alight from the carriage, which was forthwith despatched for Elizabeth.
The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper
16
It was always a relief to alight from a bus or a train and leave the station.
The Irish Times
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