If I do find her, if I light upon her, I'le say no more.
Twill be hard to be done in my opinion Unless welight upon an English-man With seven-score surfeits in him.
Secondly, the quality of color by which it is felt to owe part of its brightness to the hue of light upon it.
It is possible that in the interval between the conception and the execution the boy happened to light upon a copy of the Rolliad.
I pray God they may prevent it, before it light upon them; otherwise this blow will hurt and wound the strikers much more than them against whom it was intended.
While waiting for him to discharge certain duties there, and employing myself in looking over the exchanges, I chanced to light upon a leading article on the editorial page of one of the most prominent of the New York dailies.
It attracted great attention, both on account of the circumstances that preceded it and the events which speedily followed, and threw a light upon it that gave it a spectacular importance.
One looking through the pages of contemporary periodical literature is apt at any moment to light upon pieces, and sometimes upon series of them, which the author never took the trouble to collect.
Happen upon, fall upon by chance, happen to find, light upon.
Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet with, fall in with.
But as it is rare to see this command obeyed, for the kingdom of God shall be thought of last, so if John's wish was to light upon, or happen to some people, they would neither have health nor wealth in this world.
Presently after this, I changed my condition into a married state, and my mercy was to light upon a wife whose father was counted godly.
To hit on or upon, to light upon; to come to by chance.
To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on evil days.
To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon.
On the action of light upon plants, and of plants upon the atmosphere: by Dr.
To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.
Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
The figure of a pattern relieved as light upon a dark plane, as a rule, requires to be fuller in form than dark-figuring upon a light ground.
It is emphatically and abundantly illustrated in natural forms, from the scallop shell upon the sea-shore to the sun himself that radiates his light upon it.
I mean, supposing our field shows a pattern mainly of light upon dark, the frieze might be on the reverse plan, a dark pattern on a light ground.
For the reason of things lies in a little compass, if the mind could at any time be so happy as to light upon it.
Jones turned our search-light upon her, so that we could plainly see the figures upon her deck.
I uncovered my lantern and threw a flood of light upon them.
I have known that young man go into a good many cases, but I never saw the case yet that he could not throw a light upon.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "light upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
