illuminate
Example Sentences
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Mr. Cannadine, a distinguished British historian, does not go in for color or fun or illuminating anecdotes.
The first firework illuminated the sky, leaving a waterfall of spangled light.
From Literature
I could see the path of light he had talked about, illuminated from within and stretching from one end of the sky to the other.
From Literature
Gates has assembled a stimulating, illuminating, maddening, saddening, but often inspiring, story of their relations with the world and one another.
From Los Angeles Times
On either side and above me are ti leaves, illuminated by the fading daylight.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
