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
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
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“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
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“That certainly should throw light upon the matter. An extraordinary country America.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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These were supplied to me by the Queen from her journals, from family correspondence, and, in short, from everything which could throw light upon the youth and character of the Prince.
From Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Martin, Sir Theodore