Example Sentences

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Their short interview at Burlington House had been illuminating.

From The Dweller on the Threshold by Hichens, Robert Smythe

To my metaphysical friends in Jamaica the 'Light of Asia' had been shining amidst German dreams, and the moonlight of the Vedas had been illuminating the pessimism of Schopenhauer.

From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony

His talk with Mr. Manley had been illuminating.

From The Loudwater Mystery by Jepson, Edgar