Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Most writers were unable to see life whole, and unsatisfied with illumining only fragments of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three candles burned on a table at the head of the bed, illumining Carew and the two doctors and the waiting old woman.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

In a moment it would have all been poured forth in broken, incoherent phrase, the sum of Micky's illumining dream and his desire.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.

In the distance the flames of the dying camp-fires flickered palely, illumining the shadowy forms of the few soldiers grouped about them, and accentuating the gloom of the encircling wood.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

His whole appearance was decidedly ordinary, not to say vulgar, and even the unconcealed triumph now illumining his countenance could set no other impress on it.

From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)