illuminative
Example Sentences
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Bee's time with "Full Frontal" is illuminative in unraveling the knotted history of women in late-night, in that it explains what it takes for a woman to succeed in a field that's stacked against her.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
Stein’s career is so accomplished that some stories inevitably get left out, but the ones he puts in aren’t always illuminative.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2018
Balancing the two extremes might make for an interesting and illuminative exercise.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
The material is what gives street signs and lane markings their illuminative properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2017
Instead of the coherent drama of conventional type, Wedekind has given us a series of loosely connected scenes illuminative of character—scenes which surely have profound significance for all occupied in the training of the young.
From The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood by Frank Wedekind
