revealment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of revealment
Example Sentences
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All down the way the sudden revealment, the flash of familiar eyes, the cry of an old, old name, the remembrances of other times, the crowd multiplying.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
It was nine-tenths inspired by a spirit of teasing gossip-hunger into fuller revealment, but it happened to start a train of serious thought in the hearer.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Buck, Charles Neville
The Governor, however, stayed the action of revealment with a sudden gesture.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie
I had seen it heretofore merely in shadow, scarcely with intelligent observation, but now, beneath the full glare of electric light, its revealment awoke me to eager interest.
From Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune by Kimball, Alonzo
The newspapers charged her disorder to the masks, but as she was from Chicago I suspect that her reason was unsettled by the sudden revealment of a clean city.
From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston
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