Example Sentences

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Afghanistan’s internecine bloodshed has an epiphanic effect on the author: “When death stalks every door,” she writes in a burst of originality, “the only antidote is to live.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

But the epiphanic ding! hits her as she’s smoothing a Band-Aid onto her forehead wound, and considers the superhero that decorates it: the Incredible Hulk.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

Her voice-over imposes epiphanic plot points onto her journey that are reinforced by cheesy visual metaphors, as when she parachutes mysteriously into some scrubland or is shown diving into water in slow motion.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2020

The roar that went up in the Uris Theatre after Cariou’s voice pounced voraciously on the truly epiphanic final lyric — “And I’m full of joy!” — well, it epitomized the unforgettable.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2020

An "epiphanic moment” occurred when he read that Cook and Borah had "uncovered” the existence of eight million people in Hispaniola.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann