Alighted

Examples

• It is Jarvis Lorry who has alighted and stands with his hand on the coach door, replying to a group of officials. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I alighted softly upon the ground, however, without appreciable shock or jar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• When we had again alighted, and were walking in the starlight along the quiet road that led to the Doctor's house, I told Agnes it was her doing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But some of the visitors alighted and did not depart after the handsome treating to veal and ham. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Harry Wyndham and Lord Egremont alighted here this morning, on their road to his lordship's house at Brighton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Sikes alighted, took Oliver by the hand, and they once again walked on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They (for Mrs. Shaw alighted here) were shown into the drawing-room, in which a fire had only just been kindled. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Mr. Yorke, after having alighted from his gig, which he left in charge of a man who issued from an outbuilding on his arrival, led the way in. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Rousing her friend, Mrs. Sanders alighted. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When the Angel of Death alighted there, my child-wife fell asleep--they told me so when I could bear to hear it--on her bosom, with a smile. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We had hardly alighted at North Walsham, and mentioned the name of our destination, when the station-master hurried towards us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I alighted upon the soft moss easily and without mishap, and turning saw my enemies lined up along the further wall. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Wildeve had alighted, and was standing before the horse's head when Eustacia opened the door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was a quarter to ten before we reached London Bridge, and half past before the four of us alighted on the Beckenham platform. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You may remember that I was distrait, and remained sitting after you had all alighted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• They stopped at length, and Mr. Pickwick alighted at the gate of the Fleet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At a bureau, the diligence stopped, and the passengers alighted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When at a distance, I alighted, and threw myself on the grass, weighed down by horror and despair. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• When he alighted, he surveyed me round with great admiration; but kept beyond the length of my chain. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In half an hour he alighted at his own garden wicket. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was ascertained that she alighted at the door of one Mr. Pearson Hall, a solicitor, related to the vicar of Nunnely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The car stopped at the front door; it was opened by a maid-servant; I alighted and went in. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It was the same vehicle whence, a year ago, I had alighted one summer evening on this very spot--how desolate, and hopeless, and objectless! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At Canterbury, therefore, we alighted, only to find that we should have to wait an hour before we could get a train to Newhaven. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• At eleven o'clock we alighted upon a sign which manifestly referred to billiards. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I went down early in the morning, and alighted at the Blue Boar in good time to walk over to the forge. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Bidding the other passengers good-night, in a rather snappish manner, the stranger alighted. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The huge green fragment of ice on which she alighted pitched and creaked as her weight came on it, but she staid there not a moment. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Edited by Ervin