Alight has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | She sets your world alight. | |
| 2. | His face was alight with joy. | |
| 3. | Red sky in morning; global warming. Red sky at night, reactor's alight. | |
| 4. | Please alight at the next stop. | |
| 5. | The fire brigade arrived to find the house well alight. | |
| 6. | Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right—all that falls to them is so much gain—all their geese are swans—all their cards are trumps—toss them which way you will, they will always, like poor puss, alight upon their legs, and only move on so much the faster. | |
| 7. | The train doesn't alight here. | |
| 8. | "Alight and up take the sword of freedom. For the light shines and all the good poets are dead!" said Tom before he fell off the balcony to his death. | |
| 9. | "See yon twelve swans, in jubilant array, / whom late Jove's eagle scattered through the sky; / now these alight, now those the pitch survey." | |
| 10. | This train terminates here. Please alight from the train. |