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
• 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 two youngsters always lit up the room, and now they were gone.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
• By morning, the blogs were lit up with headlines from the party at Tru.
  — Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The downtown skyline was lit up Thursday night with the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 28 Feb. 2022
• Fans in Ukraine made an icy image of J-Hope lit up with disco lights.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2022
• The boy’s father hit the space bar, and when the monitor lit up, the boy’s message exchanges with the dealer popped up on the screen.
  — Erin Patrick O'Connor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• His smile lit up a room, and he was admired and respected by all.
  — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2023
• At this corner restaurant lit up in neon, the caramelo stands apart.
  — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• Now, Fever aims to have at least 2,000 candles lit up inside the venue and in the hallways leading into the venue space.
  — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 31 May 2022
• See the Bernheim Forest Giants lit up under the night sky.
  — The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2022
• In this poem by Natasha Rao, the speaker’s face is always lit up by the sun, by the light in a bathroom or by her friends.
  — Natasha Rao, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• The fireball lit up the night sky like an early sunrise.
  — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
• Inside the dispensary, which was lit up with neon signs, smooth jazz played.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
• Her lips have a nude-pink lipstick on them as well as some liner, and her cheeks are lit up with a bit of pink blush.
  — Addison Aloian, Allure, 6 May 2022
• The vessel feeding a section of the heart — and lit up by the contrast — would suddenly appear to end on the scan.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• Cox said that the only other time the Utah Capitol has been lit up was during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
• The fountains are just ahead, lit up in the dark, where the path beneath our feet branches out in three directions.
  — Danielle Dutton, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• The sun was setting, and the Resting Spring Range, which rises east of Shoshone, had lit up with a brilliant orange.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2022
• Times Square’s famous steps were lit up with candles Tuesday night to honor the life of Michelle Go.
  — NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
• Röntgen tried blocking the tube with cardboard and wood but still the phosphors lit up.
  — James B. Meigs, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• The family on the ground floor had just left when an explosion lit up the sky, with a boom that could be heard miles away.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024