| 单词 | alight |
| 例句 | It was a crow, full-sized, spiraling over her head and alighting on the nearest tree. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He alighted on the aerie, scattering the seeds of the blazing-star flowers with the blast of air from his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She alighted on a utility pole that held a transformer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z 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. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As we were talking, a busload of white schoolchildren stopped in front of the house, and a young boy, with a mop of rebellious brown hair, alighted and ran up the driveway toward Mrs. Smith. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardly an arm’s length away, he was looking back at her, his face alight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His face was alight with a curious balance of eagerness and gravity. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I could see already that the top two floors of Clairmont were glowing with heat, and my own ground floor was fully alight. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Thin and tired, hopeful, happy—and hungry, his remarkable face alight with expectation—the old warrier was returning from the wilderness. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the humans felt the featherlight feet of winged creatures alighting on their brows and cheekbones, much less the smooth intrusion of the Muse of Nightmares into their minds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From above the larches Kehaar sailed down among them, alighted and folded his long, pale gray wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob is just a hair shorter than Jeanne, and his freckled face is alight with passion. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Dragging corners of things that weren’t yet alight, we pulled the bonfire apart. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene is dark, because of the hour, but I see people alighting like a flock of birds around a building I don’t recognize, their movements synchronized. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He sailed down and alighted near Hazel and Fiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As though a single dragonfly could alight on it and trigger an avalanche that will bury them for good. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Kehaar had alighted on the middle of the thing, and was snapping away at something white. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She paused as a large butterfly alighted on the rim of an empty birdbath. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But here he was, his eyes alight, talking about carrying people to safety, how his arrival at any given house or overpass was met with cheers and thanks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A flock of ruby-crowned kinglets alighted in the top of the big hemlock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It alighted on the sill, considered the house one more time, and flew free. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z All I have to do is whistle her name and she will alight on my fist. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba’s eyes were alight, filled with that same boyish sense of adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The fairy flew several feet before alighting in the shrubbery. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The gilded Statue of the Republic rose before me, set alight by the setting sun until it glowed as brightly as the angel Dumah’s flaming sword. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Temporarily bereft of his senses, he seized hold of smoldering, injured rats, some with their fur alight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He built a little tent of dead wood and the fire was safety alight. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes they alighted on unattended boats and scavenged desperately for deck scraps. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The relentless beating heat was beginning to confuse me and I had a bad moment there before I realized that so far his suspicions hadn't alighted on Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The Pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all round. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His breathing is soft and labored, his brows furrowed, the fire still alight in his gaze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He extended his arm, holding out the burning golden flame, and went toward the small pile of wood she had left on the forest floor, and set the pile alight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Games, alight with Homer and cider, were open. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked a cleared place in the snow out where the fire wouldnt set the tree alight and he carried wood from the other trees, breaking off the limbs and shaking away the snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I waited a week for the exam results, and twice during that time I dreamed of Shawn, of finding him lifeless on the asphalt, of turning his body and seeing his face alight in crimson. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The other passengers in their muddy clothing and with their various trunks alighted at the Merrimack Hotel. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The skin under his hand sparks to life, every cell alight with feeling. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The fire stretched in an unbroken wall across the opposite shore, a roaring wind pressing at its back and sending embers flying across to alight on the near side. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Through my contact lenses, the entire main intersection of Shibuya is alight with hovering screens, rotating through each wild card’s photo and showing clips from past drafts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z No whistle told Frightful to alight on Sam’s hand. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He felt close enough to touch, as though at any moment I might feel his fingertips trail down my spine or alight upon my hips. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The wind was too strong to keep a candle alight, so he had to read his measurements and write them down by the light of a glowing coal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He made the fire climb high in the air, as if to set the stars alight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I set a third candle in a holder on the table and used one of the sulfur matches in the drawer to set it alight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “There must have been an evening service. Have you ever seen a living person set alight? The hair goes up like a torch and the skin bubbles. The eyes melt.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A crow, startled by my small commotion, alighted from a branch to the right, cawing his displeasure, a staccato of anxiety stitching the night a darker blue. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Cal’s face was alight with excitement, and his eyes were wide with vision. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It kicked out its legs, turned its wings and alighted in the water, floating as lightly as a cork. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She alighted on the limb of an oak tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Then with a darting movement the Starling flew over to John’s cot and alighted on the rail. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He had become distracted, and Harry couldn’t blame him; one of the veela had thrown a handful of fire and set his broom tail alight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Michael, who’s head of the art club, stands up, his face alight with excitement. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They stayed alight almost long enough to show Matt what they were. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora had dared to step out among the dancers and close her eyes and twirl and when she opened them Edward was there, his eyes alight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Word was that Richard had set the skirt alight at the urging of another kid. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The vans were brought to an area behind the hall and parked so that we alighted straight from the van into the courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one morning he woke up with the first autumn snow alighting gently on the ground outside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gladys's gaze wandered around the room, taking in the clutter of new toys before alighting fondly on the shelf. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The steep green hill was rushing toward them A moment later he alighted on its slope, a little awkwardly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Good,” she said, her eyes alight with warmth as she looked at Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The roof of the main building was alive with the alighting and departure of helicopters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face A book alighted, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The female alights on the top of a dead tree, panting from fatigue and fear. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The passengers were all obliged to alight, and the four men ordered by the coachman to push the wheels out of the rut. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Root alighted gently on the deck, his boots adhering slightly to the mixture of dried soap and blubber coating the steel surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I like Gail, who is “looking at fifty,” agewise, but moves so fast she can alight in one place and then another without apparently being anywhere between. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If the man had not been looking in that direction, he would have missed him, but as it happened, his eyes alighted on the bird’s head and he drew in his breath in astonishment. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Just as his fingers alighted on the brass handles, the door flew open before him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z With a swift wing beat she alighted above a transformer on an electric utility pole. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She alighted close to the tree trunk, where her dark back feathers and striking black head would blend with the bark. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z His face, smeared with the sticky candy, was alight with excitement. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When her eyes alighted on me for the second time, they lingered just a tiny bit, but I caught them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Pulling on her powerful wings, Frightful sped to the top of the tallest pine and alighted on a slender twig. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Her eyes scanned the room, alighting on Tristran and the star huddled by the fire. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Fire zipped across the mudroom exit in front of me and I could see my jeans were now alight as well, from knee to ankle. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A thrush had alighted on a bough not five meters away, almost at the level of their faces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes are wide open, searching, and when her gaze alights on Vivian’s face, it is startling in its intensity, stripped of any pretense or convention. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I took a step back toward him, my eyes alight with curiosity. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The sprite floated down to alight on the armrest of the throne, and Elowen stroked her yellow hair, making her shiver. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Madam shrieked and pushed me out of the way, but the paper was already alight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Savage!” called the first arrivals, as they alighted from their machine. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were alight, like she rarely accepted a compliment, but would accept just this one time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Entire villages were set alight, dozens of people were killed, hundreds were wounded, and thousands became refugees. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even after the two owls alighted, even after he watched them disappear like feathered ghosts into the ground, Officer Delinko continued moving away, backing up step by step until... Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your hair is alight!” she suddenly gasped and pointed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The whole face, in fact, was alight with fun and laughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The whole surface of the water was alight with sparks now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly she turned to me, her small eyes alight. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “One day I will take photographs also,” she says, her dark eyes alight with the shine of her dream. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The gull kept flying backward and forward along the direct line to the bank, only alighting now and then to guide Bigwig toward some straggling doe whom he had spotted going the wrong way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The advantage to this version of the simulation,” she says, her eyes alight, “is that he can act independently, and is therefore far more effective than a mindless soldier.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I saw a red dragonfly winging along and finally alighting on the wall right in front of me,” he remembered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was alight in the parley room window. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Butterflies alighting along arms and in elaborate headpieces. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Rawiya held Moss for a few seconds, and then Bits was there, their eyes alight in pride and respect, and Moss hugged them, hard and sincere, before leading them all away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Marco stands beneath the wishing tree, watching as the candles come alight along the branches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not alighting but spying out the sheepfolds, barns, and villages. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She stopped in the middle of the road, her whole body alight with the thrill of it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There were five houses alight, the flames grasping for a sixth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Something in that scent had set his nerves alight. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A fairy with lustrous silver wings and short blue hair alighted in front of Kendra. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But Lexie’s eyes were already alight, Lexie was already chattering about where she wanted to go, and it was too late to say no. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She and the driver helped a crumpled mass of moaning blue serge to alight. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She alighted on a rock, where, somewhat astonished, she looked down on Drum and her sister. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The paper birds swirled upward in a massive formation overhead before alighting in a great circle on the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When the calèche stopped, the driver jumped down and held out his hand to assist me to alight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When the final bulb pops alight, and the smoke and sparks dissipate, it is finally legible, this elaborate incandescent sign. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They walked through the Smoke, past cook fires being extinguished with shovelfuls of dirt; windows coming alight with candles and electric bulbs; and a handful of young uglies pursuing an escaped chicken. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Within a few feet of my outstretched hand, she braked and alighted on my glove as softly as the fluff from a dandelion seed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched me still, her eyes alight as I took her arm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia shouldered her pack and climbed down from her tree, alighting at the base of the trunk like a shadow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The thermal collapsed, and Duchess fell landward, alighting on the limb of an enormous sycamore tree near the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I was surprised to see the front parlor windows alight when I walked down Wall Street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dax set himself alight while attempting a spectacular bit of fire breathing and had to be doused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She flew down the mountain like a hurtled rock and alighted on the Delhi Bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In consequence we alighted at the little community of Milo, twenty miles to the south, on unsteady legs and blinking at the suddenness with which our circumstances had changed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And, mercy of all mercies, there was a range, slumbering but alight, and above it a rack of warming towels, hanging there to dry after having been washed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Ghosts were not combustible, and neither was mesarthium, so there had been no risk of her setting the citadel alight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Kehaar came flying up the river through the rain and alighted on the narrow side of the punt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As she listened amused, the others silently stole away and Hera could come to no conclusion as to where Zeus’s wandering fancy had alighted. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z As he strapped his shoes to the footboard and began to lace his feet into the shoes, Stub McMillin, his face alight, said, “OK, this boat is going to fly now, boys.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I had alighted from Joe’s back on the brink of the ditch when we came up, and had not moved since. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I think of my Liars burning, in their last few minutes, breathing smoke, their skin alight. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Come, Fyrian,” he said, holding his top left hand out and allowing the dragon to alight on his palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Am I to blame for your excesses?” said he, grimacing, but his eyes were alight with laughter, no doubt at my crestfallen face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a writer should cleave an intimidating block of print with a paragraph break just to give the reader’s eyes a place to alight and rest. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She was combing her hair one morning when a white crane alighted outside her window. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently when Mahmoud had gone up to the roof, the birds had flocked to him, alighting on his shoulders and arms, and he was so charmed that he couldn’t send them away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Tally pulled out her binoculars and trained them inward, toward New Pretty Town, where the party towers were just coming alight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z So, a visit not wholly unexpected, only last night it was not “as usual”—he was alight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The air around her seemed to shimmer with power, as if she was alight with some secret flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My role was to create a diversion, ideally by setting the man’s truck alight, then running in a contrary direction. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He struck a match and set the thing alight. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “My dear Frankenstein,” exclaimed he, “how glad I am to see you! How fortunate that you should be here at the very moment of my alighting!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Beetee still has the pallor of someone in convalescence, but behind those ill-fitting glasses, his eyes are alight with excitement. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was his mother, alight with happiness, arm in arm with his dad. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As soon as he saw the Mark come up, he alighted a little way out in the field, halfway between the undergrowth and the sentry line, and began pecking about in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I told them that I had heard of criminals masquerading as freedom fighters, harassing innocent people and setting alight vehicles; these rogues had no place in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She would alight just before the edge of the wood and unfurl herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And because he had trained her so well, she could not alight without his whistle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z That was something else to think of: the matches were running out, and so was the naphtha for the stove; she must keep the fire alight day and night from now on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He used gasoline in the lighter and it burned with a frail blue flame and he bent and set the tinder alight and watched the fire climb upward through the wicker of limbs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s pretty damp down here, as well, you couldn’t set the trees alight or anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Instantly the fire was alight Piggy held out his hands and grabbed the glasses back. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The shopwindows were alight, filled with displays of gleaming silver or leather goods. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I picture him reaching for his Zippo lighter and setting it alight, right there in the box. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Scottie nodded, face pale, jaw set, eyes alight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Their eyes alighted on the picture, then Dimple’s face in real life, then over Rishi as they passed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She crossed the water to Gardner’s Island and alighted on a steep lava cliff of cracks and niches. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When he did get one alight, he lay down and tried breathing into the twigs, to keep them going. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I look up at Caleb, whose eyes are alight with knowledge, like there’s a live wire running through each of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They placed the body on top, then set it alight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On his way back he came to Ethiopia and alighted there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A dignified gentleman in a three-piece suit alighted. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When birds alighted on my palm, I could yield my muscles under their feet and give them no base from which to fly away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Motion caught her eye, and she spotted a small bird hovering among the flowers, flitting from one to the next to alight on the longest petal, thrusting its beak into one after another. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes were alight as she grabbed his shoulders with both hands and shook him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If his acting debut did not exactly set Hollywood alight, Cave now finds himself in considerable demand as a scriptwriter. Nick Cave: 'Lawless is not so much a true story as a true myth' 2012-08-25T23:05:50Z Thompson's 1975 album Pour Down Like Silver features a photograph of him in a turban, his eyes alight with the zeal of the convert. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z Getting there: Take the MyCiti bus and alight at the Queens Beach stop, or drive, cycle or walk along the Sea Point Promenade. The world's best hidden beaches: Cape Town 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Which is not to say that Gabbert never builds a sustained argument or alights on a sturdy point. A Serious Reader Offers Appealingly Casual Thoughts on Reading, and Life 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z His food at Vidalia was some of the best in the restaurant’s 23 years, and enough flashes of that talent alight at Honeysuckle. Review | Honeysuckle review: The cooking is skilled, but the chef needs to lighten up 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z At one point a falcon alights on his gloved wrist, and both the bird and Ferry turn to the camera at exactly the same moment — a feat of directing, or possibly of luck. In Nell Zink’s ‘Avalon,’ a Young Woman Is Too Busy for Revenge 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “I liked the idea that he would alight on something he found rather beautiful,” Mr. Tennant said. David Tennant, a Former Doctor Who, Dons a Monarch’s Crown 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Who needs Tinder or Grindr when there’s a flock of men and women like the one that alights most nights here in Southeast? Review | Like the first lady after which it’s named, Jackie is oh so cool 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z I liked to imagine setting it alight, like a fuse. David Nicholls Every Good Boy 2011-07-22T22:01:00Z Yet the masseuse paused as her fingertips alighted on my spine. Italian Alpine Spas, Where Sports Are an Afterthought 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z And there, wherever the eye alights, are dozens of the poreless, unlined and impeccably groomed women who abound in this town, warriors in a never-ending battle against time. Nicole Kidman, Adrien Brody and Ruth Negga at Chanel Pre-Oscar Dinner 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Here Pamuk flits like a barn swallow over fascinating issues of contemporary Turkish life, but never alights long enough to offer interesting insights or even substantially enrich the story. In Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel, a Youthful Obsession Yields a Haunted Life 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Star and the rest of the crew zigzag across the heartland, through Oklahoma and Nebraska and the Dakotas, alighting in truck stops and oil fields as well as suburbs and trailer parks. Review: Youthful Recklessness Finds Adventure on the Road in ‘American Honey’ 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Francescho’s half of the novel follows a bumblebee’s flight pattern, darting forward and backward through memories of childhood and old age, alighting on certain sweet or painful experiences for a moment. Book review: ‘How to Be Both,’ by Ali Smith All of it is treated in scattershot fashion, with the film never alighting long on any one topic. ‘Ivory Tower’ Evaluates Issues in Higher Education 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z She told a childhood story of watching Condola standing in the driveway, waiting for a butterfly to alight on her fingers. Joan of Arc, Superstar? Not to the Woman Playing Her 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Toward the end of his couture apprenticeship he alighted on an opportunity to found his own fashion house when a theatrical costumer with an attic workshop in the Madeleine neighborhood shuttered his business. Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Wrapped in sequined miniskirts and pencil dresses, they alighted on couches populated by older men with boxy haircuts, dowdy denim and physiques of retired prizefighters. Boîte: Jelsomino, a Russian Karaoke Club in Midtown 2012-07-25T18:34:12Z A rustling noise, of tulle and footsteps, as two dozen swan maidens alight. A gorgeous, gliding ‘Swan Lake’ at PNB 2013-04-15T21:42:06Z I disembark later, without a sound, except for the very clear, feminine voice of the announce articulating the name of the stop and what to "alight here for". Sounding off: London v New York 2013-05-05T12:32:00Z Many of the artists alighted on themes related to the environment. Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery Reopens With a New Focus 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z His are portraits of a vanishing Ireland, a painting alight with country faces - farmers leaning over the gate at the mart - all dour faces and flat caps. Miraculous tales of the Irish cure 2013-09-27T05:13:00Z But while Mr. Redman soloed with a smokestack effusiveness, getting underneath the melodies and setting them alight, Mr. Coltrane’s horn was liquid. At 100, Thelonious Monk Gets a Hero’s Celebration 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z I tend to pick it up at least every couple of months, alight on its analysis of Beatles songs to which I haven't listened for a while, and then go to the music. The best books on the Beatles 2012-09-26T07:00:15Z The spark for the collection Mr. Keegan showed on Feb. 14, entitled “An Officer and a Gentleman,” was the flurry of enlisted men who alighted in Manhattan during Fleet Week last May, he said. Fashion?s Military Invasion Rolls On 2010-02-20T05:10:00Z I, meanwhile, boarded a vacant carriage, then alighted at a station without a single soul in it. Cities in summer are like 28 Days Later, magically emptied of people | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z For curious children, the thrills of wandering among the show’s blossoms and greenery include seeing these free-flying international travelers alight on an outstretched hand or emerge from a chrysalis. 5 Things to Do This Thanksgiving Weekend 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Banksy published an artwork on Saturday depicting the United States flag being set alight by a candle that forms part of a memorial to an anonymous, black, silhouetted figure. Artist Banksy has new take on toppled statue of English slave trader 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z It would almost be a shame for them to eventually alight on one single sound and mine it forever, rather than keep up this dabbling, dilettantish momentum. New band of the day ? No 783: Foster the People 2010-05-11T14:44:00Z Smile Train’s founders alighted on clefts, according to Kalra, largely because, to their business-oriented eyes, they represented an irresistible financial proposition. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z With the alighting of fashion’s air-smooching society, this week’s tempest of runway shows, private dinners and after-parties offers endless opportunities for gate crashers seeking social validation and free vodka. Beware New York Fashion Week Party Crashers, ID Apps Put Names to Faces 2014-02-05T22:10:03Z The writer and director Hong Khaou has alighted on some promising themes in “Lilting,” including the barriers created and demolished by language. ‘Lilting,’ About a Divide Between Bereaved Strangers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z That was quite technically challenging, and obviously, you’re setting fire to people, and they were very alight, that has its own prep you have to do. How 'Game of Thrones' Sets Actors on Fire Without Killing Them 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Paper menus, part of the new normal, alight. Hand-washing stations, temperature checks, QR codes: A dispatch from inside 3 reopened restaurants 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Bewitching and majestic, the structure alights in the park with the delicacy of the Winged Victory perched at the head of the Daru staircase in the Louvre. Frank Gehry's Masterful Fondation Louis Vuitton Debuts in Paris 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Doyle sits at the train station in Manchester and watches the policemen who’ve been assigned to catch him as they question likely candidates alighting from the Liverpool train. The Rebel, the Policeman and a Chase Through Britain and Beyond 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z A series of three rooms on the ground floor, it opens with a counter, where pastries are set out in the morning and stools alight at night. Review | Little Pearl is the easiest route yet to Aaron Silverman’s whimsical food 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Another waiter wheeled in a cart topped with a rock-salt igloo, which he set alight. | Choice Tables: Tasting Humble and High Cuisine in Istanbul 2011-09-30T18:55:00Z Her close friendship with Eileen anchors the book, with their email exchanges alighting on everything from political and social upheaval to their romantic lives. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Shining carriages, drawn by the proudest and handsomest of horses, were constantly drawing up, and from them were alighting elegantly-attired ladies and gentlemen in full dress, with drivers and footmen in the newest of liveries.” 139 Years Ago: American Museum of Natural History Opens Its Permanent Home 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In what many people believe was a final act of revenge, and a senseless crime against some of Islam's greatest treasures, they set the manuscripts alight. Mali: Timbuktu's literary gems face Islamists and decay in fight for survival 2013-05-20T16:35:06Z Florence was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia after setting her hair alight in the street, and spent 27 years in a psychiatric asylum until she died. Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z When you think of the Jazz Age, Houston might not be the first place on which your mind alights. At a Rare Book Fair, the Prices Are Steep but the Lore Is Free 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The writer and director Hong Khaou has alighted on some promising themes, but doesn’t have the chops to make them work. Movie Listings for Oct. 3-9 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z He was eager to share and please her, his face alighting each time he remembered something else. Dominatrix for a day 2012-11-04T01:00:00Z Paul made him his 1,259th New Band of the Day, arguing – perhaps confusingly in light of the maximalist thing – that "if you like minimal techno, or indeed minimal anything, you should probably alight here". New Band of the Day: another gig, featuring MS MR and more 2012-05-18T09:11:00Z The small Pacific island nation of Tonga claimed the honor of lighting the first of more than 4,200 beacons to be set alight in Britain and abroad to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Queen's Jubilee: Rock concert at Buckingham Palace 2012-06-04T11:02:16Z Either place onto a lit barbecue or set the hay alight and allow to burn. T Magazine: A Very Heston Holiday 2010-12-04T12:00:00Z “In the turbulent ocean of international diplomacy, cultural diplomacy is a beacon we must keep alight,” French Foreign Minister Yves Le Drian told a large audience at an event sponsored by French oil giant Total. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z For some reason, they alighted on a childlike acoustic ditty called Dominique, sung by a Dominican nun from Waterloo called Sister Luc Gabriel. Belgian music now: from Antwerp to Waterloo 2012-07-03T11:45:19Z When I ask him what attracted him to the project, Goldblum's words start circling, circling, threatening to alight on an interesting point, before flushing all too often – swoosh! – down the plughole. Jeff Goldblum: the Buddha of Hollywood 2010-07-12T20:30:00Z As she stood up to say hello, a butterfly alighted on her shoulder, and it stayed there for some time, unmoving, as we strolled toward a sidewalk cafe for an interview. Laura Marling?s British Folk CD ?Creature I Don?t Know? 2011-09-04T04:25:17Z Photograph: Elaine Constantine Slightly kitsch, a little nostalgic, occasionally touching: it's no wonder that Saint Etienne have occasionally alighted on Christmas for inspiration. This week's new live music 2010-12-18T00:07:39Z When the massive hole is dug she throws the sofa she hates into it, together with the clothes her teenage son consistently leaves on the floor, and sets the lot alight. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z These days, Lacey divides her time between Brooklyn and Mexico City — during the pandemic, she left a relationship, sold her home and cast about before alighting in Mexico City, almost on a whim. She Never Existed. Catherine Lacey Wrote Her Biography Anyway. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Issey Miyake's collection was born, so say the program notes, of "vibrantly colored images of birds alighting...and flapping their wings." Dior hemlines rise and designers use color, black 2012-09-28T20:38:10Z Painted storks spread their pink-dipped wings and alight from their roosts. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z While a tale or two borders on the cryptic, most trigger shadowy epiphanies as they alight on moments of perfect ambiguity or oblique revelation. Karen Joy Fowler's fine new story collection, 'What I Didn't See,' moves from ordinary to fantastical and back 2010-09-29T21:40:00Z Yet this is also where the format is hamstrung: Hendy is grappling manfully with the entire spread of human history, and alights upon some fascinating ideas and arguments. Noise: A Human History of Sound & Listening by David Hendy – review 2013-04-15T14:30:01Z But just a few casts later, I watched my fly alight and begin drifting downstream. Fly-Fishing in Montana, Where a River Still Runs Through It 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Aside from the regular stations en route, there are dozens of tiny “halts” at which passengers may alight or board. 10 of Europe’s most scenic train journeys 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Before he alighted on a career in comedy, Woody Allen aspired to be a magician, spending hours every day practising sleight-of-hand tricks with billiard balls, coins, cards and rings. Magic in the Moonlight: Woody Allen's film is as airy as they come – first look review 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z It alights on Flaubert and Beethoven as well as on the knotty contradictions of grief. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Despite good reviews and some fine performances, Primary Colors didn't set the box office alight – perhaps because the history to which it was trying to allude was overtaken by events. Primary Colors: fiction takes second place to fact 2013-05-29T13:20:34Z It is hard to imagine how the curator could have alighted on cutting edge brands such as Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons, or even contemporary Balenciaga, for his homage to the earlier era. Style: At Versailles, Rock 'N' Rococo 2011-07-11T13:01:16Z Twitter was alight with praise for Raddatz, including some suggestions that she run for vice president. Forceful Raddatz draws praise as moderator 2012-10-12T13:16:13Z Diehard worshippers of all things Force-related must be alight with joy at all this bounty headed their way. The success of "The Mandalorian" made spinoffs inevitable – but at the expense of originality 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The next time a woodpecker alights on your suet, you might respect it as kin. Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Over time, a number of facts that just kept popping up really set my brain alight in terms of story. Festival of Books: Ryan Gattis reconstructs the 1992 L.A. Riots in 'All Involved' 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Retired editor Tom Wilkinson opened a box of negatives from the old Washington Star photo collection and found an image of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller alighting from a train at Union Station. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The motto does give the show’s hero a proven idea: Maybe he’ll one day alight in the White House. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Many of the letters the pair exchanged had been set alight after Queen Victoria's death, and her own journals had been edited to remove references to Karim. The True Story Behind Victoria and Abdul 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The set, by Ricky Chan, is alight with neon signs advertising teahouses and nightclubs, and the costumes, by Mandy Tam, are impeccably cut and a mix of sleek 1960s garb and traditional clothing. Review: Romeo and Juliet Leap to 1960s Hong Kong 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z As long as the media focus remains on the United States, it will miss the potential “sparks” that could alight from Africa, finding their way into populous and underdeveloped cities around the world. Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard None have arrived with any interest in Boogaard, but a pair of them hastily alight to a nearby motor inn to fax league headquarters an official request for Boogaard’s services. John Branch's 'Boy on Ice' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z At the Cleveland Museum of Art, a gold dragonfly alights on swirled glass atop a tortoiseshell comb. Antiques: Giving a Craftsman His Due 2012-09-27T21:56:26Z That's partly because the musical signifiers they use were desperately tired even before the pair alighted on them. LMFAO: Sorry for Party Rocking ? review 2011-07-14T14:30:01Z Niffenegger's tale hops through the years, alighting on this detail and that, and in mimicking this structure McGregor denies us a central character to invest in. Raven Girl/Symphony in C; iTMOi – review 2013-06-01T23:05:33Z And it's in that middle that we hope people will alight and see a human being who was, we think, a decent, honorable human being who was led astray by various forces. "This is not a whitewash": PBS filmmakers on working with documented liars for George W. Bush series 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z In the fall of 2005, as banlieues all over France burned, set alight by teens and immigrants enraged by their marginalization and their harassment by the police, Marine Le Pen prepared to release her memoir. Marine Le Pen’s Memoir: a Dutiful Daughter’s Sanitizing of Far-Right Politics 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z I hop a short flight to another wispy atoll, Rangiroa, and alight at the Kia Ora Resort & Spa, a dreamy property planted on the sandy shores of French Polynesia’s biggest lagoon. Diving into the tranquility of Tahiti 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Photograph: Rex Features When Kylie Minogue alights at the Cannes round table, the guests rise up and block her from view. Kylie Minogue: I want to stop people thinking, 'What's she doing in a film?' 2012-06-07T14:10:19Z She found inspiration in the birds she saw flying over Beijing, alighting on the gray eave tiles of the old city. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z I don’t think I set his world alight. Blind date: ‘I wish it had been on a Friday: I’d have liked more cocktails’ 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z The snowy owl did not disappoint: to polite gasps of admiration, she swooped in from the darkness, alighting briefly on one of the gatehouse towers. Finding Refuge, and a Snowy Owl, in Central Park 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The Staples Center alone gets 20 million visitors a year, and international travelers alight to eat, shop, gallery-hop and explore overlooked neighborhoods that are buzzing with enterprise. 5 New Standout Hotels in Los Angeles 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z In December 2010, when Mohamed Bouazizi, a young fruit vendor in a rural city, set himself alight to protest his economic misery and harassment by police, the whole nation caught fire. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z They eventually alighted in a friend’s apartment in London. Is There Anything Marc Newson Hasn?t Designed? 2012-01-27T17:23:09Z All the while the person she remains closest to is her beloved younger brother, Charlie, who tells her, “You never alight, Joan. … You need to land. That’s where life actually takes place.” Review: In ‘Joan,’ a Photographer Tries to Focus Her Past 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z He is a dramatist with a flair for alighting on a good subject, but watching his plays is like seeing something grand through fog. Peter and Alice; The Low Road – review 2013-03-31T00:05:46Z As it ate, it was no more perturbed by my presence than by the sudden appearance of a robin alighting on a nearby rock. Explore one of the most remote regions in the continental U.S., Washington’s Olympic National Park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In May demonstrators incensed by the billions being spent on stadiums and security set tyres alight in a new wave of protests. Intersections 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It is only appropriate that Ms. Hahn should alight on the music of the surly nonconformist Charles Ives. The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z Next week, when V.I.P.s and special guests shuffle through Christie’s new West Galleries, in Rockefeller Center, they will alight on a series of abstract paintings by a group of relatively unknown artists. The Koreans at the Top of the Art World 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Photograph: Rex Features The crows alight, one by one, in the schoolyard above Bodega Bay. My favourite Hitchcock: The Birds 2012-07-31T17:10:30Z He alights on key moments, like the Thomas Nast caricatures of Boss Tweed in the 1870s that helped bring the Tammany Hall politician down. Books of The Times: ‘The Art of Controversy’ by Victor Navasky 2013-05-23T21:40:02Z Voices had been raised and tempers were alight, when my grandma – in front of everyone – suddenly snapped and told my mother: "Go to your room!" Secrets of the pig's room 2011-02-19T00:04:01Z Vibrant and full of life, Rebecca was huge fun to work with, always ready with a quip to set the room alight with laughter. Katie Price ghostwriter dies at 49 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z “Want” hastily grapples with a litany of contemporary social issues, briefly alighting upon gentrification, infantilizing workplace culture and the anonymity of urban life. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Want,’ a woman collapses under the obligations of modern life 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s no accident that the subtitles alight on language. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z But the Elves on the Shelves of 2017 are no longer satisfied to alight in the shower caddie or on the top of the refrigerator. The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas toy for kids, or a mind game for adults? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z What defines him, though, are a pair of arresting pale blue eyes that tend to bulge maniacally on “Game of Thrones,” alight with the delight that comes from some cruelty or another. Ramsay Bolton of ‘Game of Thrones’ Is the Most Hated Man on TV 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Banville’s prose goes positively purple with “the heaped pyre of possibilities it had set alight inside her.” 'Mrs. Osmond' takes up where Henry James' 'Portrait of a Lady' left off but falls a bit short 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z At times I felt that I was in a Bette Davis movie — Charlotte Vale alighting a gangplank but now in sparkly yellow pumps. | Fashion Review: Exit Paris, Winking 2011-03-10T23:42:03Z The family pulled up stakes frequently, alighting in Africa, the Caribbean and Guyana before settling in Hawaii, where his father found an appointment at the University of Hawaii when Mr. Bickerton was 12. Ashley Bickerton, Whose Art Evoked Humor and Wonder, Dies at 63 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Genius lands where genius will, and I’m pretty sure some alighted on Bill Lynch. Bill Lynch’s Paintings Get a Show at White Columns 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He’d come across it after walking by some ladies of the evening, and somehow the name of a character from the work became fixed in his mind and set his imagination alight. Sting, the tireless troubadour She does not plod across the stage; she alights upon it. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The Phoenixes had alighted in California with their footloose hippy parents and started busking on the streets. Joaquin Phoenix: ‘There was a period when I wanted out. I wanted my life back’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z —Richelieu was famously opposed to duelling—and he alights on a fascinating point. The Pen, the Sword, and the Duel 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Flash forward to 2009, as music blogs alighted with a wave of new acts like Neon Indian, Washed Out and Memory Tapes that used clouds of reverb to distort 1980s-esque electronic pop. The Week Ahead: May 2 ? 8 2010-04-30T18:18:00Z Han, his careworn face momentarily set alight with love for the boy he once knew, seems to buy it—don’t buy it, Han!—before his evil offspring skewers him with a light saber. The Problem With That Major Force Awakens Scene 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Infrequently, a lesser dish alights from the kitchen. Review | After more than 30 years, Bombay Club is as comfortable as ever 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z "I have often seen him bent over a sheet of paper, and flick off a grain of dust that has just alighted on it: each time the practised gesture is just the same," Dupin noted. A life in paintings 2011-03-20T00:08:06Z Some of these new converts have alighted upon the basic income as an answer to our fragmenting welfare state. Is Finland’s basic universal income a solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wages? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Quite how it’s taken this column so long to alight lovingly on the winningest public intellectual of our age is unclear, but please now consider me officially very into him. Pity Jordan Peterson. Can a giant lobster analogy ever replace a sense of humour? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z What the artist's eye alights on, and delights in, is always fascinating. Rachel Whiteread: Through the eyes of a child 2010-09-06T20:31:00Z But it was the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter's comments about black women, widely perceived as racist, that set the Internet alight and fast became one of the top three most popular topics on Twitter. 2010-02-11T07:57:00Z The last word ... replica letters on the facade of Liverpool's Everyman theatre are set alight. Liverpool's Everyman theatre says goodbye ? for the moment 2011-07-05T16:30:56Z Everyone, that is, except her strict Muslim parents, who warned her that if they caught her singing in public – forbidden for women – they would douse her in petrol and set her alight. Blind musicians lose their fear of the dark 2012-05-28T16:45:52Z Evenings are alive and teeming; alight with swarms of stinging insects and cicadas screaming over the subtle symphonies of cricket song. Don’t write off Mississippi: Before you dismiss us as “a garbage state,” listen to the queer Southerners you’re leaving behind 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z His camera seems to float through the world, hovering above rivers, oceans and forests and then alighting on nearly every continent. Movie Review: ‘Samsara,’ a Documentary Directed by Ron Fricke 2012-08-23T22:26:32Z A disembodied voice read out a description of each look - old-school haute couture style - as the models alighted from the scaffolding and ambled around the showroom. Men in skirts, shiny silks at Paris menswear shows 2011-06-24T00:33:10Z The event concludes with a multisite bonfire, where the artworks created throughout are set alight and burned to the ground. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z A small salad to accompany the goose was Lady Caroline’s concession to the season — that and Christmas pudding doused with brandy butter and set alight. The Gimlet Eye: A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas 2010-12-21T20:37:10Z Zigzag through the banana pancake carts and shuffling tour groups, to a row of stalls alight with silk lanterns. 36 Hours in Hoi An 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Was Titian — arguably the greatest painter ever — merely alighting on a convenient way to decline a bothersome request? Review | First Moroni exhibition in North America features one of the most celebrated portraits of the Renaissance 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Eventually he alighted on a pile of scat that was full of feathers and tiny bones. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Two more are barnstorming the country, with one alighting at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre from June 25 to July 21. How ‘Hamilton’ is paving the way for Broadway’s surging success on the road 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z He is Gilles Jacob, and after more than 35 years at the Cannes Film Festival, the last 15 as president, he is alighting from those steps and retiring. Gilles Jacob, the Cannes Film Festival President, Looks Back 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z It is surprising to find Trump, who jets between politically incorrect centrism and the right’s conspiratorial hinterland, alighting on that turf. Trump’s Locker Room Is His Safe Space 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z After a brief opening montage showing the history of the Meyerses, a middle-class household in Birmingham, Ala., the movie alights on the five days before Christmas 2016. Review: ‘Almost Christmas,’ a Home-for-the-Holidays Comedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The experience of winding through the mountains of western North Carolina on the Blue Ridge Parkway when the foliage alights in autumnal splendor is spectacular. Check In/Check Out Hotel Indigo Asheville, N.C.: Hotel Review: Hotel Indigo, Asheville, N.C. 2010-12-03T22:49:00Z Then she sets it, and his effigy, alight. A Wild, Caustic Satire Packed With the Absurd 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z It was as if a suburban mall had momentarily alighted in the meatpacking district. D.J.’s Who Spin the Family Name 2012-09-19T22:36:53Z Mr Kunkel shows how Mitchell struggled for years to alight on a subject representative of his increasingly general sense of displacement. The grammar of hard facts 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z But the street’s spark never seems to dim; instead, it jumps around, alighting on one new spot after another. Surfacing: California Neighborhood Draws New Interest 2010-04-10T02:50:00Z But “Chants” is also a product of alert indeterminacy: it lands on a recognizable style the way a dragonfly alights on a reed. Playlist: New Music by Craig Taborn Trio, J. D. Allen and Eric Church 2013-04-20T22:50:58Z His eye alighted on old engravings and woodcuts concerning alchemy and optics. Sigmar Polke ? sorry I missed you 2010-06-16T15:10:00Z But Mr. Im has such a strong command of his images — of a fly alighting on a shoulder, or a billboard of the ayatollahs in the Tehran night — that his sympathy is convincing. Im Heung-soon Explores the Horrors Women Endure in War 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Meaning, one presumes, they didn't end each show by setting a bodhrán alight and glassing one another. Celebrating St Patrick's Day? Don't do it with the Pogues ... 2010-03-17T10:24:00Z A woman and child flee as their house is set alight. The art of war: the Bayeux Tapestry records the most important battle on British soil 2012-08-07T11:42:30Z When he alighted on a score that passed muster, setting Mr. De Silva scrambling to find the corresponding piano part, he turned to the audience and introduced the piece in a mildly joking, avuncular tone. Itzhak Perlman Returns for Solo Recital at Lincoln Center 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z While accepting the National Book Award, Hazzard gently set the crowd alight. Shirley Hazzard’s Stories Observe Pain and Disappointment With a Witty Intelligence 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z As soon as she wins, she leaves with her companion in tow as if all she wanted was this image of pine trees set against a sky alight. Auctioning off utopia 2013-07-14T22:00:00Z Ms. Boylston, alight, as she so often is, with joy in dance, brought elegance, audacity, glory to the grand “Nutcracker” duet. At Damian Woetzel’s Vail International Dance Festival 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Fire is the motif of this production with torches piercing the darkness, Benvolio being set alight in the opening fight and flames flickering hellishly against the back wall of Tom Scutt's set. Romeo and Juliet ? review 2010-12-03T21:30:00Z Each was set alight in the minutes before the show started on a drizzly Paris night. ‘The Rich Look’ Lives On in Paris 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z She alighted briefly on the subject of health care and then moved on to the problematic media and conspiracy theories. Perspective | Melania Trump’s convention speech was a moment of calm amid the Trump family rant 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z As soon as I go outside, they tend to alight on me. For more than a decade, butterflies have repeatedly landed on me. I think I’m blessed by the red admiral. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The film’s attention alights on two such lonely people, whose paths cross at the airport Hilton. In ‘Bird People,’ Two Unhappy Souls Cut Their Chains 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “There were some bombs that fell on St. Paul’s, but the roof never caught alight.” The Fire That Shaped London 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z "When his hand brushed her nipple it tripped a switch and she came alight," began the passage in Okri's "The Age of Magic" which earned him the less-than-coveted award from the Literary Review. Can I compare thee to... a lightbulb? Okri wins 'bad sex' award 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z His gaze had alighted on a simple prop, a pair of reading glasses, that reminded him of his late father. Anthony Hopkins Makes It Look Simple. (And Maybe It Should Be.) 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z We saw the father who had turned to drink to survive the memory of finding his critically burnt daughter close to death after her boyfriend had set her alight with petrol. Rewind TV: How TV Ruined Your Life; Scenes from a Teenage Killing; Posh and Posher; The Killing 2011-01-30T00:06:19Z His photos are meant to be seen while flipping the pages of a glossy magazine, the mind moving from distraction to distraction, never quite alighting on anything substantial. A photographer squanders his talent in fashion and magazines 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Mary, already a widow and still in her teens, alights from France as an avatar of worldliness and modernity in a rugged, clannish country. ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Sexy, Spirited and Almost Convincing 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In order to prove his stamina and control, the man had to continue as long as the lamp remained alight.” Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z After the Haiti earthquake, she alighted, with a team of volunteers, to build colorful houses in the village of Cormiers. Swoon Blurs the Line Between Art and Activism 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It was the night sky alight with stars. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The show continually subverted what it said and did, always alighting on the notion of Putin pulling the strings of our consciousness. Washington theaters shine a spotlight on Vladimir Putin 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z A bit later, after a literally explosive bacchanal during which bales of cash and a sailboat are set alight, he declares the evening “a blast,” inserting an expletive for emphasis. Review: Matthew McConaughey Waxes Poetic in ‘The Beach Bum’ 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Like a lunar moth, he alighted, accompanied by whomever happened to be in his entourage of the moment, first at an art opening, then at a dinner, later perhaps at a nightclub. At the Andy Warhol Museum, Celebrating the 20th-Anniversary With A Show About Halston and Warhol 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The camera ushers us inside the coffin—not a rectangular box but an amazing drumlike cylinder, clearly not Christian, in which the corpse is seated, and which is soon set alight. Martin Scorsese’s Strained “Silence” 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I watched the yellow-beaked birds glide and alight on rock ledges, marveling at their sleek forms and effortless flight. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z I felt something inside me switch on again, the excitement of my very first days in New York City, the thrill of a new place alight and alive through the dark. I Lost My Job and My Husband. Then I Found Newfoundland. 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z We're more likely to learn the precise machinations of how the next pope is alighted upon than the arcane politicking and horsetrading that led to the selection of Tyler. In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z Regan soon won a recording contract with the British record label, Decca Records, although only for a trial period of three records, which by her own admission "didn't exactly set the hit parade alight". Singer Joan Regan dies aged 85 2013-09-14T03:30:24Z As they do at the opening of any star-studded film festival, photographers scrambled for position, training their lenses on the spot where audience members would alight. A Movie Festival for One, on a Tiny Nordic Island 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z It suggested a perpetual motion of people circulating but rarely alighting. Perspective | Born in the age of high hopes, the Newseum dies in the days of fake news 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Her gaze alighted on a woman in a snug maroon dress with breasts pushed up nearly to her chin. Look Out! Playwright Leslye Headland Has Her Eye on You 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Soon, the country was alight with protest, and the government grew increasingly repressive. Mario Benedetti’s Wise, Lonely Novel about Political Exile 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z The room itself is alight in the golden glow of candles and hangs with rich fabrics and dark woods. Actually, "Bridgerton" sex is not good sex 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Woodpeckers will sometimes alight on your house and start their rat-a-tat heading. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z For the reader, it’s all exhilaratingly topsy-turvy, as Taubes’s first two sections are alight with literary fireworks while the last two sections settle surprisingly into more sober prose. Review | Susan Taubes’s recently reissued ‘Divorcing’ is as haunting as ever 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z With no harmonic home to alight on, a line like “Comin’ for to carry me home” took on painful ambivalence. Review: ‘American Visions,’ a Graceful Take on Race, Patriotism and Longing 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z I hadn’t anticipated popping open umbrellas when we alighted from the train, but our excitement couldn’t be dampened. A beacon of Christmas tradition in Strasbourg, France 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The American people are alighting on their own coping mechanisms. Sick of being shocked by the news? Don’t worry, it will get worse. 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z A small amount of grounds set alight on a saucer will “smolder for hours,” Mr. Harcombe says. The Getaway: Sick on the Road? Try the Grocery Store 2012-08-22T14:35:05Z Bugs alighting on the water’s surface are swallowed by fish lurking beneath — antique fly zappers. The Asia Issue: Cultured Traveler: In Thailand, One Man?s Dream Becomes a Bangkok Sanctuary 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z A half-finished crossword puzzle peeked out of it as she smoked cigarettes and spoke about composing songs — or, rather, inviting them to alight. Laura Marling?s British Folk CD ?Creature I Don?t Know? 2011-09-04T04:25:17Z She alights briefly on the ghastly crime that poisoned his life, and she follows him on the wandering path that led to Bride. Toni Morrison’s familiar, flawed ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z I've learned that she doesn't do this with her other, more upscale friends, and I suspect she doesn't want to be seen with me or alighting from my old economy car. Perspective | Miss Manners: My co-worker thinks I don’t like her 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z As the party alights in Nevada’s Mojave Desert for Saturday’s caucuses, the angst and unease of its faithful are tightly spring loaded. In Las Vegas, nervous Democrats have no poker face 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z That, he says, eyes alight, is why he so loves the Ibsen. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z She alights on him almost like a bird at times, or soars and slips in and around his shifting movement like silk on a breeze. Byrd and Dance Theatre of Harlem: a thrilling 'Contested Space' 2012-11-17T17:06:18Z Sometimes he carries it, Atlas-like, on his shoulders; sometimes he lets it alight like some bright, spherical bird on the back of his hand. Seattle's Chamber Dance Company delivers fun and finesse 2010-10-15T19:49:00Z Within a few seconds, the dubstep artist recoils in shock as his hair is set alight. Skrillex sets hair on fire at party 2013-01-18T10:33:47Z White dresses billowing, they ran into the red brick building of the municipal registry in Aeroskobing; they alighted before the landmark Old Merchant’s Court, one of Aero’s historic attractions. Denmark: Where It Is Always Wedding Season 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z With the River Cafe buzzing again, Ms. Rogers has happily returned to her role as an uber-connected host, alighting from table to table to greet regulars. Getting Intimate With the Celebrity Regulars of River Cafe 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Video screens spanned the stage, alight with computer-animated cityscapes and walls of flame; physical pyrotechnics erupted at peak moments. Music Review: L?Arc-en-Ciel?s New York Debut at the Garden 2012-03-26T23:48:42Z What about the kid whose imagination is set alight by new technology, who wants to understand everything about the latest developments in the digital world? Parents, Unite! No Apple Watch for Kids 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z In her Times essay, Bachman ends up alighting on much the same insight. Daniel Sloss’s “X,” a Laddish Comic’s Reckoning with #MeToo 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z But it was at the end of the program that the same duo really set the audience alight. Shostakovich shines at Olympic Music Festival 2011-08-22T23:32:03Z “In the turbulent ocean of international diplomacy, cultural diplomacy is a beacon we must keep alight,” French Foreign Minister Yves Le Drian told a large audience at an event sponsored by French oil giant Total. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Maria, meanwhile, decides her best bet is to bulldoze Patrick into the ground and alights on the idea of a cycling clothes firm aimed at the younger market. TV review: Young Apprentice 2012-12-20T21:00:06Z At one point in “Touché,” Leigh brings up Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s “Richelieu; Or, the Conspiracy”—Richelieu was famously opposed to duelling—and he alights on a fascinating point. The Pen, the Sword, and the Duel 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z They tended to alight on certain types of women, people who were outwardly successful and rather privileged. ‘It’s so toxic’: why we’re addicted to mean online gossip about women 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z His literary treatments are appropriately fleet-footed; he hops from text to text, never alighting on any one for very long. Want the Good Life? This Philosopher Suggests Learning From Cats 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Lord save us when Democrats alight on a similar candidate. How Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Rode the Honey Badger Into the White House 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Later, I watched wild birds like melodic dusky thrushes, magpies and bulbuls alight on the fired clay temple roof. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z At his best, however, Wilkins alights on a fine, dangerous hybrid of hip-hop spins, athletic flips and rolls and genuine balletic grace. Review: DASSdance's 'Nevermore' is a mess, with some flights of spectacular dance 2010-05-15T16:23:00Z There we spotted a single akekee that alighted in the crook of a gnarled tree branch 50 feet above our heads. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z Seabirds circulated among the dramatic sea stacks, alighting atop slanted trees. For a Seattle writer, trips to the Olympic Peninsula made time to reconnect with outdoors, others 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The reason Beric used blood to set the sword alight in Season 3 was that it was a trial by combat, a trial being judged by God. Actor Richard Dormer on ‘Game of Thrones’ and That Wicked Flaming Sword 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z After a nine-day Atlantic crossing and a period of display in New York, this bronze original, one-sixteenth the size of her sister, will alight on the front lawn of the ambassador’s residence. Washington Society Steps Back Out 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “People around the world can follow the progress of a man doing a jigsaw puzzle for seven hours, which will be very exciting,” he said, adding, “I’m sure it will set the Internet alight.” At ‘Boring’ Event: Lamppost History and Puzzle-Assembling 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z And once awoken, it sets your thoughts alight. Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z The trio think the death is solved — as the police do, ruling it a suicide — then Mabel and Charles both alight upon the same idea in the middle of the night. "Only Murders in the Building" makes me long to reconnect with our elders 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Richard Eyre directs with a meticulousness that alights on every pocket of conviction in an uneven play. Sucker Punch; Welcome to Thebes; Alice 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z "I went in with a list of notes and I don't think I'd quite been heard in that way before," Blunt says, blue eyes alight with enthusiasm. Why Emily Blunt can't believe her luck 2012-06-16T21:31:04Z Smith recounts trips to Mexico; Reykjavik, Iceland; Berlin; Tokyo; London; Tangier, Morocco; and Madrid, alighting back in the Michigan home she shared with Fred, and after his death, her apartment in the East Village. In her memoir ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith opens up about her life and loves 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z “Hamilton,” already a phenomenon downtown, would alight on Broadway in less than a month, powered by an exhilarating wealth of talent — people of color, almost all. How Theater Stepped Up to Meet the Trump Era 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z And Chefchaouen continues to draw Europeans, especially Spaniards who alight in the summer after taking a ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar. A Stroll by the Casbah in Northern Morocco 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Bellocchio was given a Lion for lifetime achievement here four years ago, and no one can predict where the favor of the competition jury, a cosmopolitan group led by Alfonso Cuarón, will alight. At Venice Festival, the Wisdom of Lunatics, the Wildness of Age 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z I'm sold from the opening image: a gorgeous, gliding aerial shot over the Naples suburbs that eventually alights on an incongruous golden carriage pulled by a pair of white horses. Cannes 2012 diary: day three 2012-05-18T14:59:42Z And then suddenly the buildings fall away, all lights cut to black, and the video screen alights. LeBron James, hometown hero: What the King and his championship mean to Cleveland 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Indeed, if you were minded to pick holes in Blake's debut, you might alight not on the weird stuff, but the most uncomplicated. James Blake: James Blake - review 2011-02-03T15:30:00Z Bomber rose, dove, and then alighted on Mr. Freeman’s glove. In Dubai, Flying With the Falcons 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Making a picnic on her bed, one attacks a repast of sausages, baguettes and bananas, wielding scissors like Harpo Marx in “Duck Soup,” then sets alight some decorative streamers with pyromaniacal glee. ‘Daisies’: Two Wild and Crazy Gals 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z I watched them alight on big leaves of Swiss chard, where they perched and pecked. Looking back at a hot, soggy mess of a growing season 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He struggles to remember the name of a woman he got pregnant before alighting on “Kathleen.” For a Literary Man’s Man, Mother Knew Best 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z He alighted briefly in New York from his home in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on a rare mild day during a bitter East Coast winter. Surfer Kelly Slater Wades Into Fashion 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z On this album they also share the dragonfly’s instinct of alighting on an idea and then, just as swiftly, moving on. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z Cellphones on the tables were flashing, alight with the morning news. Film: At Cannes, Women With Diverse Visions 2011-05-17T11:30:06Z They went up in flames seconds later, after two guests set them alight with torches upon on the cue: "You may now light the brides." Adrenaline junkie brides light wedding dresses on fire after walking down the aisle 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In Belarus, Fatland alights in Vitebsk, birthplace of the artist Marc Chagall, then later hears sickening accounts of Nazi atrocities in the former Minsk ghetto. Review | ‘The Border’ asks: What is life like when you live next door to a bully nation? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Ray went to the city in mourning, stood outside the museum, and had a vision of an angel descending to Paris, a perfect being alighting on shaky ground. Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z After alighting on a verse in 1 Corinthians that asked, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?,” The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z On a broadcast of “The Tonight Show” in February, the singer FKA Twigs seemed to alight from the clouds swathed in a incandescent white. Afrofuturism: The Next Generation 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z As he approached he saw "bright flames – my house already on fire" and the two men who had set it alight scampering back to their pick-up truck. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z His eyes disguise no thought; they alight as if to legitimize my belief in innocence. How my husband forgot sex 2014-02-13T00:00:00Z While I dined on fresh grouper just pulled from the Gulf, I watched a stunning sunset, along with a grand view of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, festively alight at night. Insider's Guide to Anna Maria Island 2010-03-11T20:37:00Z And, arguably, it has alighted on the perfect way to defuse yet another “Oscars so white” row. How do you know when the Oscars have gone vegan? Answer: they keep telling you 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Were this merely a case of alighting on a single, spectacular word to both signal the subject matter within and kindle the curiosity to explore it, it would merit little comment. What Does It Take to Overcome Adversity? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z “I had a big stick, and I was banging on the box, really whaling on it. So he wasn’t just plopped on his feet. Because I wanted him to be alighting down to the ground.” Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The Shetland islanders can’t wait to set their galley ship alight. In Transit Blog: Walkabout: Winter Storms Freeze U.S. Flights; How to Rebook if You’re Stranded 2014-01-06T21:06:29Z With the all-access passport granted by historical fiction, she even alights daringly, if perhaps a little superfluously, in the circle of Jackson Pollock, right before the artist died while driving drunk with his mistress. In ‘Horse,’ Geraldine Brooks Sets a Consideration of Race at the Track 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z In his youth, McDowell worked at the Planters’ nut factory and as a coffee sales rep before alighting in London. Malcolm McDowell: 'I have no memory of doing most of my films' 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Their job is to keep the lamp alight in a storm and save the souls of the mariners whose ships might otherwise founder on the treacherous rocks. Keepers 2010-08-12T15:02:00Z An amazing Martagon lily entertains with a jester’s bonnet of upturned white petals that reveal hot coral-tipped pistils, while a mysterious jet black butterfly alights upon a delicate pale mauve delphinium. | Carmen Almon, The Naturalist 2013-08-21T19:11:13Z Indeed, L.A. is a late California port of arrival for this white whale, which has already alighted on the lyric stages in San Diego and San Francisco. With L.A. Opera's 'Moby-Dick,' call it a success 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Brooks is right to alight upon this passage: it’s a magnificent expression of a resonant theme. David Brooks’s Search for Meaning 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Evans' production takes a little while to catch alight – there is plenty of strenuous cockney capering – but its emotional texture gradually reveals itself with a sly, almost shy, power. My Fair Lady – review 2012-12-19T13:14:23Z A mile down the road, we alight on the gem of this drive, Honolua Bay. On Maui, seeking out the hidden wows of wild Hawaii 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z She's not quite a cipher, for Smith is uncanny at alighting on the ties of the mind, gut and heart that link these two, even while Alice is married to other people. 'Three Delays': A blissfully wayward tale of impossible love, South Florida version 2010-06-09T23:48:00Z There also were shimmering mermaids embellishing the hems of dresses and parrots alighting on parasols. Fashion Review: Stuart Vevers at Loewe and Vivienne Westwood on the Catwalks 2011-10-02T18:59:00Z The hardback was critically very well received when it was published in April 2009, but in terms of sales it didn't set the world alight. TV book clubs 2010-07-24T23:01:00Z Some alight on the female blooms a few inches away, but most fly many miles so that they can land in your throat. This valuable plant looks like ragweed, but allergy sufferers can breathe easy 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Lydia alights for California as soon as she graduates from art school. How Does a Family Change After Losing a Child? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z He soon had company, as birds alighted on his back to munch on ticks. Frugal Traveler: D.I.Y. Africa 2014-03-28T17:21:42Z No images of the Empire State Building alight that night appeared anywhere, as far as Malkin knows. Empire State Building surprises NY with new lights 2012-11-29T14:22:19Z “All these warehouses are full of brandy, tar and straw, perfect for setting alight.” Can You Save London From the Inferno of 1666? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z One of the things that made Mr. Berry’s songs jump out of the radio was his mischievous feel for words and his knack for alighting on details so fresh that they squeak. Chuck Berry’s Memoir Grabs You Like a Song 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Together, we alight on the interesting truth that the film's central statement "Our lives are not our own" nicely defines acting itself. Ben Whishaw: 'I feel I'm always in the dark' – interview 2013-03-17T00:15:00Z Many patients fled the wards but several brave individuals captured the befuddled animal after stoning it to the ground, then doused it in paraffin and set it alight. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z Some photos show vast Polo collections spread atop beds, desks, couches, hanging from lamps, alighting on small, cramped surroundings. The Brooklyn Street Crews Who Boosted Ralph Lauren and Invented Their Own Style 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Lucille being set alight was also bound to happen at some point too, and it didn’t disappoint one bit. The Walking Dead: season 8, episode 12 recap – The Key 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z How much coal have we burned by keeping our modems alight and charging the batteries on our laptops and smartphones? #CancelColbert accomplished nothing: Why social change movements must be inclusive 2014-04-03T18:32:00Z New museums are opening, foreign galleries are alighting and corporations are plowing money into contemporary art. Inside South Korea’s Art-Mad Capital 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z As the concert hall emptied, another concert-goer said: "Tonight was beautiful. He set the place alight and we forgot our fears." Sting reopens Paris' Bataclan hall on anniversary of militant attack 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z I woke from “The Heavens” as I hope to emerge from any work of fiction: moved and unsettled, a new and intoxicating set of questions alight on the mind’s horizon. A Heroine Who Lives at Once in Elizabethan England and 21st-Century New York 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The effigy, which features the phrase "Speak before you think" written on the front, will be stuffed with oil-soaked newspapers and packed with fireworks before organisers set it alight. Hopkins 'happy' to be bonfire guy 2013-10-31T15:14:22Z Birds alighted on tree branches, stacked like books off uneven, rugged canyon-like walls. An Eco-Tour of Guatemala’s Rio Dulce Region 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z If some of the late “Nymphéas” are as dark as oil spills, here the oil is set alight in flames of daubed and splotched red, gold and violet paint. Art Review: ?Claude Monet: Late Work? at Gagosian Gallery 2010-05-06T22:49:00Z His gaze alights on a dunlin, a wading bird picking for worms in the flooded plain around the Minsmere river in Suffolk. Turned Out Nice by Marek Kohn ? review 2011-07-07T08:16:00Z He raps in literal circles, alighting on cadences and abandoning them just as quickly. Critic’s Notebook: Ratking’s EP ‘Wiki93’ Is Thoroughly New York 2012-11-06T22:30:05Z This comes down to a perspectival choice: Jacobs moves fluidly among characters, briefly alighting in one person’s inner monologue before moving to the next. In ‘The Pink Hotel,’ Delusional Newlyweds Head Toward a Grand Reckoning 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In June 1969, a spark from a train set the Cuyahoga alight and the flames jumped as high as a five‑storey building. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I’m for the survival of beauty. I’m for the mystery of life’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z A peacock alights on the stage: he has a couple of straggly feathers attached to his black outfit, and when he takes off, he does so like a child pretending to be a plane. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:19Z Whenever she let a more fragile sound emerge, alighting on a silvery high note or shaping throwaway lines with color and care, it was captivating. Review: ‘Tosca’ Returns, Defined by Its Quiet Moments 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z I want them to see his adorable little face alight with happiness. Motherlode Blog: My Baby, the Star 2012-08-14T19:55:08Z The cynical eye might alight on “Darkest Hour,” Joe Wright’s depiction of Winston Churchill’s first days as wartime prime minister. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z What a summary of the plot can’t capture is how the point of view moves rapidly but somehow seamlessly among various characters, focussing on and through them, before it alights on someone else. Unheard Melodies: On Helen Garner’s “The Children’s Bach” 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Keeping things quick gives him the freedom to move; he can alight on a truth without pinning it into place. ‘How to Make a Slave’ Offers Restless, Brilliant Thoughts About Race 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Travel was relatively new to me seven years earlier, when I alighted in Europe for the first time. My 5-year-old uses a walker. That’s even more reason to show her the world. 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Almost immediately, the show’s fanbase on Twitter was alight with indignant grief. Twitter Couldn’t Handle Game of Thrones’ Devastating Twist 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z They alight in Vienna, amble around for 14 hours and shoot the breeze. Before Sunrise/Before Sunset: No 3 2010-10-16T10:52:00Z Hubert, his Stasi shadow and the first of several demented interlocutors, turns up to tell him that at 8pm that very evening he must set himself alight in front of the Party Central Committee building. Tadeusz Konwicki lays bare Poland's 'ruined-modern' past 2011-04-06T11:54:51Z Last year, the company staged the first two chapters, beginning in the Garden of Eden as man learns he’s mortal, then alighting in the early 20th century, where we discover we might live much longer. Avast! Sunny pirates, a frosty ‘Frozen’ and a forecast from Shaw 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Thumbing through their pages, it’s tempting to alight on the biggest owls, if only visually. Owls are natural-born killers. So why do we adore them so much? 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The singer, just months ago, had set social media alight with debate when he proclaimed himself the “King of R. & B.” for his generation, but there was no disagreement among the sold-out crowd. The New R. & B. Is Here, Reflecting Confused Modern Love 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z And why should Private Eye, in the process of tweaking a few authors' noses, alight on those who labour behind the scenes and accuse them of incompetence? The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z And yet, here they are, alighting at the Kennedy Center with their quite serious new show, “Bright Star,” and, as a result, joining the ranks of a fast-growing tribe: stars who write musicals. For Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, musical theater isn’t so wild and crazy 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z After alighting in New York at the Museum of Modern Art in 2019, they now respond to the ballet’s third act in a black-walled gallery, with the museum’s guards moving them in performances. Haegue Yang’s Radical Art of Obscure Delights 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z We saw the iridescent birds of Tanzania, including the aptly named superb swallows, lilac-breasted rollers and orange-bellied parrots, alighting in glossy rainbows. How to plan your life-changing (but expensive) safari 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Having played his full part in Basie's overseas travels, recordings and live dates with Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, Powell alighted from the band bus and settled in New York in August 1963. Benny Powell obituary 2010-07-01T17:46:00Z His music is politics by other means, in search of a form, alighting toward a future that could grant him dignity, when he could be something other than an abstraction. Song of the Summer: “Femenine,” by Julius Eastman 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z It didn’t set the box office alight, but it didn’t raise many eyebrows either. How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But none of them – not even Redford – sets the screen alight. The Great Gatsby on film: the Reading group's view 2013-05-14T14:21:41Z On a recent “Jeopardy!” episode, one of the contestants, Mike Nelson, alighted upon a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What Should the New ‘Jeopardy!’ Be? Guest Hosts Provide the Clues. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z And the sheer audacity with which Fassbinder and his longtime cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, move the camera, alighting as if by accident on resonant and complex compositions, is nothing short of breathtaking. | 'World on a Wire': Fassbinder?s Vibrating Sci-Fi Questions About Reality 2010-04-13T22:38:00Z One gets the impression that Boyle simply glances around and sees stories everywhere his eyes alight. The Future Is Now, and Dark, in T. Coraghessan Boyle’s Stories 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The Emmy-winning star of “The Big Bang Theory” alights on the stage of Studio 54 as God’s vessel in David Javerbaum’s 90-minute comic monologue, which had its official Broadway opening Thursday night. Hi, God. It’s me, Jim Parsons. Oh, wait: I AM God? 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Spike Lee and Riley tell stories set decades apart, but both directors have alighted on the telephone as a portal for infiltration. The Twisted Power of White Voice in “Sorry to Bother You” and “BlacKkKlansman” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Many were shot multiple times and many were set alight. Inside the Israeli lab 'reassembling and reconnecting' the mangled bodies of the dead 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z That began with a wardrobe being jammed against the other side of their safe room door and set alight. Israeli teen ran 'operations room' as Hamas came to kill her family 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z It follows two arson attacks on 10 April and 11 April, in which the shutters of a shop in the Sandy Row area were set alight. Sandy Row: Man arrested in relation to Belfast hate incidents 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Will we ever see the likes of Tony Currie blowing kisses to the crowd again having set the match alight? 'A true captain's performance' - Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Police said Abbkr poured petrol on both men before setting them alight using a lighter. Man who set fire to UK mosque worshippers found guilty of attempted murder 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z As Biden alighted from the plane in New Delhi, he waved to the crowd waiting under a blaze of floodlights. Eric Garcetti finally got his ambassadorship. But he’s not done yet 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z But it is Mohammed Shami, who has set the tournament alight with 14 wickets in only three games. South Africa look to end India’s winning run at majestic Eden Gardens in Cricket World Cup 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Eavis set the internet alight last week after posting about seeing Madonna's "incredible" new live show. Glastonbury Festival: Emily Eavis lines up 'really big' US artist for 2024 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The world feels like it’s being set alight; wildfires in Canada and Europe, floods in China, and a never-ending stream of recording-breaking heat waves have garnered numerous headlines. The World Solved Acid Rain. We Can Also Solve Climate Change 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In the evening, says Golf, the Hamas attackers returned, throwing grenades and setting the rooms where they were hiding alight. The Thais caught up in the Israel-Gaza war 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z A man who set alight two elderly men as they left mosques used petrol contained in a water bottle to carry out the attacks, a court heard. Mosque attacker 'used petrol' to set pair on fire 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z His hobby is donning a pair of binoculars and identifying the various species of birds that alight on the trees in his Baltimore County backyard. Review: 'Birds of North America' locks its characters in a cage of dramatic constraints 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In one of her first acts of public protest, she and a friend briefly alighted on a park bench from which signs warned that Jews were explicitly forbidden. Eva Kollisch, Lesbian Rights Advocate and Memoirist, Dies at 94 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Uganda's police said their vehicle was set alight after they were killed. Friends pay tribute to honeymoon couple killed in Uganda 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z A man has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife by dousing her with petrol and setting her alight. Man convicted of killing ex-wife by setting her alight 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Flames could be seen inside the jail as inmates set mattresses alight. Paraguay jail: Rioting inmates hold guards hostage 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “A few minutes later, most of the upper floor was alight, car alarms were going off with loud explosions from cars going up in flames,” he said. Dozens of flights canceled after fire tears through a parking garage at London’s Luton Airport 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z I always thought it would have been Philippe Coutinho who would be setting the scene alight at Villa Park, but it's another Brazilian who seems to be doing that right now. Who is in for second week in a row? - Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z When the setting sun in the west alights the skyscraper windows in the city with a glow, we call out to each other when we’re home: “It’s glow time!” Here's what Gas Work Park means to Seattleites 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Once one alighted, they switched on a headlamp and used a rubber tube attached to a glass vial to suck the insect up and seal it in a cup. The Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease? 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z They say the male attacker, 32, opened fire in a home before setting it alight, then stormed the city's Erasmus Medical Center on Thursday. Gunman kills three in twin Rotterdam shootings - Dutch police 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z One video posted online appeared to show four large fountain fireworks alight in the hall, as many people sit at long tables nearby and loud music plays. Iraq wedding fire: What we know about Qaraqosh blaze 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z In the shade of a beech tree, she doused her body with gasoline and set herself alight. In Romania, the Traumas of a Bloody Revolution Still Cast a Long Shadow 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The Air Force publicly showed a Russian pilot dumping fuel on a drone and trying to set it alight with flares. Top US Air Force official in Mideast worried over possible Russia-Iran ‘cooperation and collusion’ 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Forensic tests showed that they were shot dead before being set alight. Mexican police officers convicted over 2021 migrant killings 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z If we reach for a cliché to describe this situation, we might alight on "fiddling while Rome burns" as a natural candidate, especially if our focus is on global warming. Why liberalism drives so many people crazy 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Once known as Britain's wonkiest pub, the building was set alight on 5 August, leaving it gutted. Third arrest in Crooked House fire investigation 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z He is accused of breaking into the studio, spreading petrol around the ground floor and setting it alight before reportedly shouting "Drop dead". Kyoto Animation fire: Man admits setting 2019 blaze 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The scientists, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, had alighted upon what they called an “octopus garden.” Just off California, octopuses are converging by the thousands. Here’s why 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z "There are those who threaten to throw themselves back overboard. To even pour petrol over themselves and set it alight," said Mr El-Jababli. On patrol with Tunisia's coast guard: Nine boats in 24 hours 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The Danish government has proposed a ban on setting the Quran alight in public after a series of burnings led to uproar in Muslim countries. Denmark plans jail term for burning Quran in public 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Once known as "Britain's wonkiest" inn, it set alight on 5 August, and was then demolished less than 48 hours later. Crooked House: Two released on bail in pub arson probe 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Video shot by a Lahaina resident shows a downed power line setting dry grasses alight. Maui County sues power company, saying utility did not turn off electricity during deadly wildfires 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Once known as "Britain's wonkiest" pub, it was set alight on 5 August and then demolished less than two days later. Crooked House: Arson arrests in pub fire probe 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Video shot by a Lahaina resident shows a downed powerline setting dry grasses alight, possibly revealing the start of the larger fire. In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z In July, the Swedish embassy in Iraq was set alight by protesters. Denmark plans jail term for burning Quran in public 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z She's as likeable and engaging on stage as she is online, and gets the audience on side without setting them alight. Edinburgh Fringe: Can TikTok comedy stars cut it on stage? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The third landed her in a Dorset suburb that's normally quiet - but, bizarrely, 13 cars were set alight on one night in May. The Patch: BBC radio show's postcode lottery unearths stories in random places 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The aircraft subsequently caught alight and the blaze was extinguished by firefighters. Pebmarsh: Light aircraft crashes near Essex stately home 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z It had been building for years, like the dry grasses that caught alight and fueled the blaze. Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Such dizzying losses were only amplified by the York fire, which produced harrowing images of Joshua trees alight as it burned through the Mojave. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Vehicles have been set alight in numerous areas around the outskirts of Cape Town, where large, impoverished townships are often the scene of violent protests. 2 people are fatally shot on a fifth day of protests in the South African city of Cape Town 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z But there have been “several incidents of public violence,” police said, and buses, trucks and private vehicles were set alight in a number of areas in and on the outskirts of South Africa’s second-largest city. Vehicles set alight in Cape Town amid commuter chaos caused by minibus taxi strike 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Ultimately, eight motorcycles were set alight and a police officer intervened before more damage could occur, Schierbaum said. Reward increased for arrests of ‘anarchists’ who torched Atlanta police motorcycles 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z It was a display worthy of their status as European champions and James once again lit the stage alight in Adelaide with two sensational goals and three assists. Stunning James goals power England into last 16 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z A third of the fires are alight in British Columbia, the country's westernmost province. Canada wildfires: Border blaze forces evacuations 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Following this, last week two Danish far-right activists stamped on a Quran and set it alight in a tin foil tray next to an Iraqi flag on the ground outside Iraq's embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark considers banning protests burning Quran and other religious texts 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z A burning car carrier was drifting off the Dutch coast on Thursday, the coastguard said, a day after the Panamanian-registered ship caught alight, causing the death of an Indian crew member and injuring several others. U.S.-led coalition army helicopter crashes in northern Iraq with no casualties : statement 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z A burning car carrier was drifting off the Dutch coast on Thursday, the coastguard said, a day after the Panamanian-registered ship caught alight, causing the death of an Indian crew member and injuring several others. Nigeria's Tinubu submits cabinet nominees to Senate 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z A burning car carrier was drifting off the Dutch coast on Thursday, the coastguard said, a day after the Panamanian-registered ship caught alight, causing the death of an Indian crew member and injuring several others. Ireland mourns death of 'trailblazing' singer Sinead O'Connor 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z |
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