lit up

adjective

Examples of lit up in a Sentence

he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 But working with Ro, that furnace just lit up. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025 Fireworks lit up the sky the night before the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially opened, and dancers dressed as engineers in hardhats performed at the colorful daytime ceremony attended by African dignitaries. Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025 After a speech by Malta’s youthful prime minister, Robert Abela, fireworks lit up the ancient harbor to mark the grand opening of the Malta International Contemporary Art Space, or MICAS. Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lit up

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lit up was in 1907

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“Lit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lit%20up. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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