illuminate
Example Sentences
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These events aren’t illuminating and feel instead like a bleak betrayal.
From Los Angeles Times
But the trip to the Big Apple also illuminated another path for Moreno.
From Los Angeles Times
With precision and care, the author elegantly chronicles his own shame, envy, boredom, regret and despair, illuminating his experiences with insights from philosophy, psychology, ethnography and history.
Only a faint glow of moonlight spilled through the window, illuminating my bed and the spinning wheel.
From Literature
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Featuring illuminated eyes in the film, and with original wiring in the right socket, this particular C-3PO head boasts several unique features including a forehead antenna.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.