✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

lit up

adjective

Examples of lit up in a Sentence

he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
One bolt reached an extraordinary -303 kilo-ampères (the minus sign indicates the lightning's polarity, not that the current was less than zero), producing an intense electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that lit up the ionosphere. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025 Doechii lit up Camp Flog Gnaw during her headlining slot, and spiced her show up by giving Ayo Edebiri a memorable lap dance. Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025 Kick off the holiday season at Light Up the Square to see Fountain Square's ginormous tree lit up. Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025 Fireworks then lit up the track even brighter than the city of Las Vegas itself to conclude a whirlwind of a race weekend. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lit up

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lit up was in 1907

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Lit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lit%20up. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on lit up

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!