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- adj. slang exhilarated, excited; showing signs of emotion
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of light up.
Examples
“In the indistinctness the little red gleam lit up the lower part of her face, and he saw her mouth tremble into a smile.”
“Jack Norton stepped into the house, and when he saw me, his face lit up in a big crocodile smile.”
“Yet no cells lit up in the group of control mice that had not been given TCE-laced water.”
“When the car pulled into the driveway, Nick was swarmed as he walked to it, amid a whirring buzz of digital Nikons, lit up by the flashbulbs and the Sony Steadicam lights, as if they expected him to wave and bow and escort a goddess to the car.”
“A weak porch light lit up a small area of the gray-weathered boards.”
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“Each time she lifted her face out of the water, her smile lit up the natatorium brighter than the afternoon sun.”
“The gas-burning fireplace lit up with small blue-and-yellow-tinged flames beneath two pinewood logs.”
“The doctor appeared first, and, upon seeing the lifeless young Anthropophagus at our feet, his face lit up with surprise and alarm.”
“Their consoles were all lit up a bright red, indicating technical problems throughout the Monagas Peninsula, one of the most popular regions on the planet.”
“His private line lit up with a 911 page from Spivek.”
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