How to Use lit up in a Sentence

lit up

adjective

• The crew, lit up by the glow of our red brake lights, began to emerge from the hatch.
  — Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
• And just this month, against the odds, Orso lit up again.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2022
• Dark clouds had opened up, and a ray of sun came down and lit up Jack.
  — Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• Dark clouds had opened up, a ray of sun came down and lit up Jack.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• But about an hour later, the fire’s glow lit up the sky again.
  — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2021
• And that Fox proudly lit up a new tree the very next day.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• His eyes lit up and his wife asked him who the caller was.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• A few days later, my phone lit up with a call from her.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 18 June 2022
• In Paris, the City Hall was also lit up in support of Ukraine.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2022
• The Colts’ offense hardly lit up the score against the Wildcats.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2021
• Then fires lit up the night sky as the buildings just west of her home began to burn.
  — Victor Luckerson, The New Yorker, 28 May 2021
• The two youngsters always lit up the room, and now they were gone.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
• Out the windows, a shower of sparks lit up the moonless sky.
  — Eric Lindner, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2021
• Mikal Bridges lit up the Jazz in Game 1, and was a complete non-factor tonight.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
• The evergreen tree on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, was lit up in red and white lights.
  — Alexandra Jaffe, ajc, 3 Dec. 2021
• His smile widened and his face lit up as looked straight at me and spoke of Baylor with awe.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2021
• Brogdon lit up the Lakers for 18 points in the first quarter.
  — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
• By morning, the blogs were lit up with headlines from the party at Tru.
  — Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• An ice sculpture, carved in the shape of a snowflake and lit up, served as a centerpiece.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
• For the first time in more than 20 years, the Hollywood sign lit up the night sky Tuesday.
  — Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• Jadwiga brought out a cake lit up with sparklers and Morrie smiled.
  — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
• Residents and tourists watched from the ferry in terror as the blazes lit up the sky in a bright, fiery red.
  — NBC News, 7 Aug. 2021
• At dusk, the Capitol rotunda was lit up in red in honor of the day.
  — Nienke Onneweer, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2021
• In winter, the building’s staff lit up the trunks of the trees by wrapping them with white Christmas lights.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• You’re being lit up by lights and video and costuming and all these things.
  — Richard Bienstock, SPIN, 25 July 2022
• Name a historic site that has been lit up in green on St. Patrick's Day in recent years.
  — Irene Richardson, Country Living, 25 Jan. 2023
• And there’ll be a lot to see, since the fields will be lit up for nighttime play, with a scoreboard, bleachers and a dugout.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2021
• The downtown skyline was lit up Thursday night with the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 28 Feb. 2022
• That's the number of bulbs, according to a park release, that the Big Four Bridge takes to stay lit up to welcome visitors walking across or driving into downtown.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2023
• The young quarterback is so lionized that the city lit up its iconic Union Station when each of his children were born — first in pink for baby girl Sterling, then blue for baby boy Bronze.
  — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024