Example Sentences

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Taking a tale that now seems as though it came from another world, he has illuminated its timeless provocations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Combining data from these sources has illuminated the cause behind the sharp decline in breeding success in northern Wisconsin.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2024

In the meantime, however, she has illuminated the choice before us.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2023

The resounding result came despite Ireland lacking much of the easy-on-the-eye fluidity that has illuminated recent performances.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2021

Master Gerhardt, the miniature painter, has a daughter about eighteen years old, called Susanna, who has illuminated a little page with a Saviour, for which I gave her 1 florin.

From Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries by Tombo, Rudolf