- present participle of illuminate.
illuminating
Example Sentences
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I heard the Proms concerts, where Beethoven bloomed with illuminating lyricism, color, rhythmic versatility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They broke into cheers and applause, cheered again when the eclipse ended, and once more an hour later when the sun set, a burnished ocher illuminating Léon’s cathedral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
These are often bound up under one general heading of "polarisation", but it's been illuminating to unpack them.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But the film’s screenplay — a biting, laugh-a-minute wonder penned by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack — shrewdly plays with genre conventions and audience expectations, illuminating more depth with every other sentence.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
His fingers flew as he typed in his password, the blue-white screen of the laptop illuminating his pale face.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
