throw light upon
Example Sentences
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The object of this meeting is to explain the general situation of the eight-hour movement and to throw light upon various incidents in connection with it.”
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
“That certainly should throw light upon the matter. An extraordinary country America.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets—anything that might throw light upon the past had been systematically altered.
From "1984" by George Orwell
“It is only to ask you if you saw or heard anything last night that may throw light upon this matter.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Contemporary newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets have also been examined, and careful search made for every book which, directly or indirectly, might throw light upon the subject.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
