alight

The grapevine and the international media were alight with the buzz of the student killed by the police during the demonstration.

Who was that lithe, bendable gymnast setting alight the Olympic flame?

All the men were shot, their bodies set alight—often before they expired.

In the last five years, a dozen camps have been set alight across the country.

The words at the bottom summarized what kept that hope alight.

“With pleasure, my dear fellow,” said the major puffing vigorously for a few moments to get his pipe well alight.

The sky was alight from zenith to horizon, the Nile aflame with sunrise, by the time the letter was written.

His eyes alight with hope, he ran out, leaving the door open so that his conversation was again audible to the visitor.

Miss Jewett was speaking in her brisk, working voice; the troubled face had become alight.

In addition to their huts of leaves, they had erected a small temple, where they invited us to alight.