How to pronounce alight
Listen to alight in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“alight” in real sentences
95 clips in the index · 1 American · 34 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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flames of her many passions alight.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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only just manage to go stay alight.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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Okay, let's get the flames alight.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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You know, black businesses were set up alight.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of alight. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.