illuminate

Example Sentences

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In “Beginnings,” her contemporary works are in conversation with the Getty’s medieval illuminated manuscripts, creating a collision of past and present that broadens our understanding of origin and authorship.

From Los Angeles Times

A rocket blasts off from a launcher, shooting into the sky and illuminating the darkened valley below.

From BBC

Lion and dragon dancers perform on the Great Wall of China, in Badaling, to entertain visitors who have come to enjoy the illuminated monument during the Year of the Horse celebrations.

From Barron's

And spread across his face, which is illuminated by the flash of the camera, is a look of shock, exhaustion - even horror.

From BBC

The plinth is one of only a handful of mobile art works in the country and operates from the top of an illuminated shipping container.

From BBC