Alighted is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Alighted meaning
simple past and past participle of alight
Using Alighted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of alight
- In the example corpus, alighted often appears in combinations such as: alighted from, alighted to, alighted the.
Context around Alighted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alighted
- In this selection, "alighted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, policemen, passengers, sequentially and upon stand out and add context to how "alighted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a man alighted from the and after he alighted from his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alighted" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alighted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thank you, I said, to the driver as I alighted. (10 words)
The president just alighted from his tour vehicle and walking amidst a large crowd. (14 words)
It’s reported that a man alighted from the bushes and opened gunfire at the vehicle. (16 words)
Usually they rush through the open part of the yard to pick up a mouse or small bird, but this one alighted on a thick branch and stayed as though dropping by for a visit, just to observe and to be sure it was itself observed. (46 words)
As soon as he pulled to a stop at the parking lot and alighted from his vehicle, several armed security agents working for GON violently accosted and abducted him, handcuffed him, blindfolded him, bundled him in a vehicle and sped away. (41 words)
As a law-abiding citizen of the country, the driver complied and stopped, before two men alighted from the ‘police vehicle’, approached the driver and produced what looked like appointment cards with the police logo on it. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to report, when the convoy was stopped, the policemen alighted to meet the soldiers while their ‘principal’ was at the back of the Jeep.
All passengers alighted the aircraft safely, according to Virgin Australia, though an AFP spokesperson said at the time that three people were being assessed for minor injuries.
And my retort is well they would say that because none of the dates they have sequentially alighted upon and invited you to be sure about work.
It’s reported that a man alighted from the bushes and opened gunfire at the vehicle.
Thank you, I said, to the driver as I alighted.
And as quickly as the furtive poetry makes its lovely point, our main character, Stéphane, has alighted and is back in the place of his youth.
As soon as he pulled to a stop at the parking lot and alighted from his vehicle, several armed security agents working for GON violently accosted and abducted him, handcuffed him, blindfolded him, bundled him in a vehicle and sped away.
When Ross alighted, he walked to the window beside the girl and licked his lips, while smiling.
Yet as pundits have picked over the bones of Harris’s flop, many have alighted on the celebrities for special criticism.
Around 560 passengers of the train from Kerala alighted at Jagannathpur while the remaining got down at the Khurda Road Railway Station.
But the location alighted upon, across the street from the Capitol and conveniently close to Union Station, happened to house the headquarters of the NWP.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex looked happy as they alighted from their commercial flight on Valentine's Day.
The GNA observed that most passengers who alighted from a Madina to Hohoe bound vehicle were in nose masks.
The two pilots Van G. Chaney and Craig Bomben alighted to thunderous applause, cheers, and embracing hugs from their families and co-workers.
Tripathi went missing on Saturday after he alighted from his car near the Bhatauli bridge on the Ganga river in the district.
Usually they rush through the open part of the yard to pick up a mouse or small bird, but this one alighted on a thick branch and stayed as though dropping by for a visit, just to observe and to be sure it was itself observed.
As a law-abiding citizen of the country, the driver complied and stopped, before two men alighted from the ‘police vehicle’, approached the driver and produced what looked like appointment cards with the police logo on it.
The panic-stricken driver hurriedly alighted and vanished into the dark with the mob in hot pursuit.
The president just alighted from his tour vehicle and walking amidst a large crowd.
Upon arrival at Kalinyeke, Fake stopped to drop another passenger and as he was about to start off, another minibus blocked his way from which Kalulu and his conductor alighted.
Common combinations with alighted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- alighted from 12×
- alighted to 2×
- alighted the 2×
- alighted upon 2×
- had alighted 2×
- alighted and 2×
- alighted on 2×
- he alighted 2×