enlightened
Example Sentences
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“I believe that it enlightened, lit a fire under the guys,” DiGiorgio said, “to be a little excited for this week.”
From Los Angeles Times
For 18th-century enlightened reformers, ethnic diversity and multiculturalism weren’t good things.
Mammoth has long prided itself on an enlightened approach to wildlife, accepting it as part of our daily lives.
From Los Angeles Times
Not that Matthias has been in any way enlightened by his own experience of xenophobia.
From Los Angeles Times
The West sees itself as “an enlightened civilization,” the statement continued, and it has claimed “to itself the right to impose its will on others in the name of human rights and democracy.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
