1370 examples of alighted in sentences

Our walk having now made us hungry and fatigued, we gladly accepted of his hospitality; whereupon he alighted, and walked with us to his lodgings.

From it alighted a young man of whom I shall later have occasion to tell you more, followed by Dr. Schermerhorn.

" Confucius alighted, wishing to enter into conversation with him; but the man hurried along and left him, and he was therefore unable to get a word with him.

Of course, when he alighted on the floor of the car, the knife had been transferred from his teeth to his left hand; and all during his progress forward the knife was being balanced delicately, as though he were not yet quite sure of the weight of the weapon.

Cartwright had alighted from the next car and was a yard or two in front.

But Abe had folded the paper into a stout weapon, and, creeping toward the window, despatched by a quick, adroit movement a fly which had alighted upon the screen.

Then wheeling in many an airy round, he stayed not till he alighted on the firm top of the mountain Pieria: thence he fetched a second circuit over the seas, kissing the waves in his flight with his feet, as light as any sea-mew fishing dips her wings, till he touched the isle Ogygia, and soared up from the blue sea to the grotto of the goddess, to whom his errand was ordained.

When he alighted he surveyed me round with great admiration, but kept beyond the length of my chain.

The empress and young princes of the blood, of both sexes, attended by many ladies, sat at some distance in their chairs, but upon the accident that happened to the emperor's horse they alighted and came near his person, which I am now going to describe.

The emperor and his train alighted from their horses; the empress and ladies from their coaches; and I did not perceive they were in any fright or concern.

" Together with Arthur they rode to the church, and all three alighted from their horses and saw that the sword was gone from the stone.

Seeing how determined the king was, and thinking it dishonorable to keep his seat while Arthur fought on foot, the knight alighted and dressed his shield against his foe.

In the midst of this blast entered a sunbeam more clearer by seven times than ever they saw day, and all they were alighted of the grace of the Holy Ghost.

[Footnote 11: Alighted of means lighted by.]

And therewith he alighted and took the white shield from him, saying: "Knight, thou hast done thyself great folly, for this shield ought not to be borne but by him that shall have no peer that liveth."

A few Chinese passengers alighted at Yarkand,

Had he alighted at one of the small stations between Tchertchen and Tcharkalyk, where we ought to have been about one o'clock in the afternoon?

Here was the infancy of life, the age Of gold in that green isle, itself new-born, And all upon it in the prime of being, Love, hope, and promise, 'twas in miniature A world unsoil'd by sin; a Paradise Where Death had not yet enter'd; Bliss had newly Alighted, and shut close his rainbow wings, To rest at ease, nor dread intruding ill.

At a number of points immediately alongside the highway, his companion alighted to scrape away a little of the surface of the earth and to return with a little lump of really high-grade anthracite.

As they stopped at the destined door, Mr. Raleigh alighted and extended his hand.

Then I alighted, and went round to the other side of the chariot.

But scarcely had he alighted when he uttered a scream of horror that was sickening to hear, and dropped on the grass beneath, after which he took himself off with a silence and speed that would have done credit to a passenger-pigeon.

And what an elated flock of brightly dressed citizens and citizenesses had alighted from the carsmany of them on the moment's impulseto see these dear lads, with their romantically acquired battery, train for the holiday task of scaring the dastard foe back to their frozen homes!

"Hurrah, Katy!" said the young man, as she kissed him impulsively as soon as he had alighted.

And at the 'Hoop' alighted, famous Inn.

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