illuminating

Example Sentences

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A rocket blasts off from a launcher, shooting into the sky and illuminating the darkened valley below.

From BBC

This elliptical approach is in part its strength, subtly illuminating how trying to move past one tragedy may bring a family to the precipice of another.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was as if a sunbeam was passing across the page and illuminating the words beneath.

From Literature

It’s a text that can be quite illuminating.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Cannadine, a distinguished British historian, does not go in for color or fun or illuminating anecdotes.

From The Wall Street Journal