illuminating

Example Sentences

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It is disturbing and illuminating to find that more than a third of Trump's followers embrace white supremacist values, and link them explicitly to their anti-abortion views.

From Salon

It would have been illuminating, especially under the big-money circumstances, to see it hanging in Brentwood with the three-quarter-length Gainsborough “Portrait of James Christie,” founder of the London auction house that still bears his name.

From Los Angeles Times

Police surrounded the courthouse into the evening, with flood lights illuminating the sidewalk and streets.

From Washington Times

The law is also proving illuminating for some employees who weren’t necessarily looking for new jobs.

From Seattle Times

The climate version of this moral code seems similarly stark, although perhaps not deeply morally illuminating: Thou shalt not drive species to extinction.

From Washington Post