Example Sentences

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At the time, he didn’t really understand the dynamic; he thought perhaps it came down to his penchant for instructiveness or people generally just enjoying his food.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2019

He said it admiringly, with mock instructiveness but also with triumph, like a naturalist who has just sighted a rare specimen.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2014

The description is full of details of great interest and instructiveness, but we can only have time at present for the essential thing being taught.

From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

Norah sprang forward anxiously, and instructiveness fell from Cecil as one sheds a garment.

From Mates at Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant

But his selfishness, sensuality, recklessness, and degradation give, in one respect, a peculiar interest and instructiveness to the enthusiastic friendship subsisting between him and his daughter.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville