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

By the story’s end, Locksley has experienced—much like the characters in many of James’s novels to come—a creeping revelation of the chasm between image and reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Privately, Eisenhower began to dread what might happen if the U-2 program were exposed to the world, or the impact such a revelation might have on his new overtures to the Soviet leader.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau