Example Sentences

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The district attorney, John Creuzot, would have been enlightening.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2020

“We had another discussion about affairs throughout the world, and these discussions I’ve had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engaging.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2018

Alternative song versions — clearly annotated — also would have been enlightening.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2016

That’s where some guiding analytical principle, such as Craig Werner’s Gospel Impulse, might have been enlightening.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2014

As a study in the effects of colonial discipline it would have been enlightening for some of the English officers.

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John