The sun must have been well above the horizon, but the stand-lamps were lit against twilight darkness.

Now it was lit against the dark of an autumn evening.

A single lamp was lit against the darkness, all the mean room had by way of illumination.

The platform was lit against the night and passengers bustled.

Its topmost window was lit against the coming night.

At one end a fire been lit against the early autumn chill, and there she led him to sit.

The intimate office was lit only by the lamp on his desk, a single pool of light against the shadows.

At home in his large, airy dressing room, with the fire lit against the cold, Michael took off his sweaty practice clothes.

The memorial loomed ahead, softly lit against the night-black sky.

Well, think on this, my friend, is it not a priest's duty to keep a lantern lit against the dark?