alight on/upon
phrasal verb
alighted on/upon also alit on/upon; alighting on/upon; alights on/upon
: to see, notice, or think of (something)
Her eye/eyes alighted on a strange man in the crowd.
a speaker who easily alights upon topics that interest a wide audience
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At key moments, these tendrils of sound alight on major and minor chords: familiar harmonies rendered new.
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
For some time, there has been an assumption that — at one point or another — the Premier League will inevitably alight upon its own version of this approach.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
His hobby is donning a pair of binoculars and identifying the various species of birds that alight on the trees in his Baltimore County backyard.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
There are just too many doorsteps, and too many things that need to alight on them.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 28 June 2023
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
For some time, there has been an assumption that — at one point or another — the Premier League will inevitably alight upon its own version of this approach.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
His hobby is donning a pair of binoculars and identifying the various species of birds that alight on the trees in his Baltimore County backyard.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
There are just too many doorsteps, and too many things that need to alight on them.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 28 June 2023
See all Example Sentences for alight on/upon
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“Alight on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alight%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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