revelation
Example Sentences
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The logo-shooting, circus-passing, shape-shifting revelation who was once arguably the most famous basketball player in the world has become rude, entitled and, frankly, not all that fun.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Stories that rest on personal anecdotes always leave space for doubt, which could make the Times piece more of a Rorschach test for one’s existing politics than an election-shifting revelation.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
These days, the prevailing style of curmudgeonry is either nakedly bigoted or, like this one, an extended straw-man argument recast as a bold, brand-new revelation: Heterosexuality is good?
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
It is nothing short of a revelation, one in which we are invited to eavesdrop on a decadeslong tête-à-tête between the two masters as they discover, reinvent and refine their forms and materials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
It occurred to me, with the force of a revelation, that since Hamlet was now my husband, Gertrude was already my mother.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing revelation
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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