lit up

adjective

Examples of lit up in a Sentence

he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up
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The electrons accelerated and smashed into a phosphorescent screen that lit up for our viewing pleasure. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025 Sunday’s Virgo solar eclipse lit up your truth-telling and expansion sector, and now the start of Libra Season and the Equinox illuminate your sector of career, reputation, and long-term success. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025 The postgame fireworks lit up the sky, well above Hornet Stadium, on Saturday night, and that was after Sacramento State lit up the Bears of Central Arkansas in a nonconference contest to turn a slow-start to the season into rolling momentum. Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025 Max Scherzer, the three-time Cy Young Award winner and former World Series champion, got lit up on Friday night by the Kansas City Royals. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lit up

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lit up was in 1907

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

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