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

Then Jack came out of hiding, and strode forward without further qualms, for the flame was lighting the cigar and illumining the face of his friend Dalrymple.

From My Lord Duke by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

From where I sat I could catch a glimpse of my darling's pretty figure at the organ in the chancel, the light from the two candles on either side illumining her face.

From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell

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

An incident little known, but of vast importance in illumining the kind of orator Lincoln was in 1840, is found in an almost forgotten book.

From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron