Example Sentences

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Most writers were unable to see life whole, and unsatisfied with illumining only fragments of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps willingness to show that spiritualism has been an illumining force to us, and may be so to others, has place among our motives.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen

While illumining my upward path, she seems to beckon me higher and yet higher.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

And so on, the twin lights held at various angles illumining the youthful signalman until he stood out like a black statue on a pedestal among the lonely dunes.

From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel

Three candles burned on a table at the head of the bed, illumining Carew and the two doctors and the waiting old woman.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore