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
She looked more closely, sensing a possible trap in his question, a revealment of her lack of knowledge.
From A Woman's Place by Clifton, Mark
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 incident of the single canvas, which by its illuminating revealment first discloses to the observer the true significance of pictures, is typical of the whole scope of art.
From The Enjoyment of Art by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge
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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