Example Sentences

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That’s not to say that the ensuing conversation would have been edifying.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2020

It might have been edifying but it wouldn’t have played well in the Catskills.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2017

It might have been edifying to hear a white Southerner who came of age in the world created by that exchange — even one who lived in relative middle-class comfort — speak about that.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

"It would have been edifying to the groom that had driven her to the station," Minver cynically suggested.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

“It would have been edifying to the groom that had driven her to the station,” Minver cynically suggested.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean