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Definition of "alighted" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of alight. (verb)

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Use "alighted" in a sentence
  • "Once the bride alighted from the carriage, the bridesmaids and ushers preceded her, two by two, as the father of the bride escorted her down the aisle."
  • "The bustle of the town where he had alighted from the stagecoach was far behind him."
  • "Despite those twenty years, it was the same old Tom Travers that alighted from the Pullman."
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