enlighten

Example Sentences

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I can give Bill something that people don’t understand and progress the story and maybe enlighten people.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

When you get a varied body of work, it can enlighten your own life in a way, and that’s a great feeling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

So can you enlighten us as to the great wisdom Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito share in their own concurrences?

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

"I think in the spirit of the bikers, Dave would want me to continue to have fun and to educate, to inform, to enlighten, to be slightly edgy," he says.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

“All right, enlighten me. What problem haven’t I solved?”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti