Example Sentences

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Despite carrying a status to rival England's star-studded opponents and being the man many believe will illuminate the series, he remains modest and in touch with his roots.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

No matter which peak you choose to view it from, it surely will illuminate your way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

“And so that will illuminate the disk of the moon.”

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024

Further archaeogenetic studies in collaboration with local scholars, as well as novel admixture modelling and dating techniques, will illuminate the developing patterns better and enable direct connections to archaeological findings and hypotheses.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

Somewhat farther on all these refracted rays will meet at a common centre, which they will illuminate, and we shall have an oasis of rainbow-tinged sunlight in this great desert of shadow.

From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Douglass, Ellsworth