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How to use enlightened in a sentence

29 example sentences · adjective, noun

Enlightened means educated or informed. Example: “An enlightened mind does not need external authority.”

Examples of enlightened by meaning

adjectiveFreed from illusion.

  • Yet in the worst, there is still a divine spark of Universal consciousness buried deep within them, and in the best people, except for the enlightened ones, there is still the seed of selfishness.1997, John Peniel, chapter 10, in The Children of the Law of One & the Lost Teachings of Atlantis, page 128

adjectiveExtraordinarily wise; having an exceedingly great wisdom.

  • An enlightened mind does not need external authority.
  • But international arbitration of aggravated disputes is not much to be relied upon except between the most enlightened nations having predominant moral sense.1909, Andrew Sloan Draper, American Education, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 375
  • They doubtless represented the most enlightened people of the earth at that time and had taken long strides in advance of their more primitive forebears.1925, Floyd Lavern Darrow, Through Science to God, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, pages 136-137

More sentences with enlightened

  • I seemed to be enlightened and understood everything with which people were involved.2009, Harry Holloway, Christian Yoga – Love God with All Your Strength and your Neighbor as Yourself: The Gospels Enlightened – for Me…. From the entry scintillate
  • The oikophobe is, in his own eyes, a defender of enlightened universalism against local chauvinism.2006, Roger Scruton, A Political Philosophy, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry oikophobe
  • Zen teaches that we are all already enlightened, some of us simply don't choose to realize it.1999, Scott Shaw, “Mushin”, in Samurai Zen, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry satori
  • Also you might get lucky and get a shot of the wit and enlightened wisdon of HeartHappy!1998 June 26, James C. Allison, “Let's Start a Discussion, O.K.?”, in alt.solipsism (Usenet). From the entry muffinery
  • They picture themselves as enlightened barons bringing civilization, opportunity, and kindness to the brown-skinned.1992/1993 Winter, Katherine Weissman, “The Divorce Gang”, in Ploughshares, volume 18, number 4, page 202. From the entry as
  • When Samael saw that God had enlightened Adam, he yelled indignantly.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry indignantly
  • Only in recent times, due to the enlightened attitude of Dr.1981, Blake Lee Spahr, Problems and Perspectives: A Collection of Essays on German Baroque Literature, page 11. From the entry Forschungsstipendium
  • There is therefore enthusiasm no less than resignation in an enlightened metanoia.1948 December, George Santayana, “A Change of Heart”, in The Atlantic. From the entry metanoia
  • Enlightened ministers like Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein and Karl August von Hardenberg enacted a comprehensive series of domestic reforms.2005, Robert M. Citino, “‘Disgrace and Redemption’: The Prussian Army in the Napoleonic Wars”, in The German Way of War: From the Thirty…. From the entry emancipate
  • If we choose to embrace Satori, then we are enlightened.1999, Scott Shaw, “Mushin”, in Samurai Zen, Boston, Mass.: Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry satori
  • Firstly we will take Massingham's views on giantlore and then compare these with Forbes's, who was a similarly enlightened antiquary.1974, Paul Screeton, Quicksilver heritage: the mystic leys: their legacy of ancient wisdom. From the entry giantlore
  • Or even one man with vision – an enlightened dictator.1960, Chinua Achebe, chapter 5, in No Longer at Ease (African Writers Series), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Heinemann Educational Publishers…. From the entry Augean stables
  • This led to the biting critical slogan “Get woke, go broke” to characterise the commercial failure of “woke” (“politically enlightened”) policies in an open marketplace.2019, Alexander Adams, Culture War: Art, Identity Politics and Cultural Entryism. From the entry get woke, go broke
  • Macron may be the best of the existing system, but his politics is located within the liberal-democratic coordinates of the enlightened technocracy.2018 December 17, Slavoj Žižek, “The yellow vest protesters revolting against centrism mean well – but their left wing populism won’t…. From the entry technocracy
  • In less enlightened times, everyone might have chalked up the behavior to canine willfulness, Murphy’s untrainability, or perhaps to whatever we were serving for breakfast.2009, Michael Schaffer, “Toy Town”, in One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and…. From the entry untrainability
  • It doesn’t matter if that’s really his name, though, because like Melville’s enlightened nonhero, this man does not expect to survive the journey.2007 February 4, Kaiama L. Glover, “American Dream Deferred”, in New York Times. From the entry nonhero
  • Some practices are considered as essential for the attainment of an enlightened life but are looked upon as dreadly or extremely secret.1992, Kāmarūpa Anusandhān Samiti, The Journal of the Assam Research Society, page 12. From the entry dreadly
  • It was none of these, for form does not occur, & enlightenment does not occur: how can the unoccurring be enlightened about the unoccurring?1974, Stephan V. Beyer, The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations, page 211. From the entry unoccurring
  • I noted even high-school teachers - and funeral celebrants - have tattoos these days, which in a more enlightened era, I would have regarded as bordering on profanity.2017 February 18, “Death cafes: Are you thirsty? I'm dying for a coffee”, in New Zealand Herald. From the entry funeral celebrant
  • He couldn’t say he was much more enlightened about all the magicianry, but he could now discern certain words in the Aniw language and parrot them back.2010, Karin Lowachee, The Gaslight Dogs, Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry magicianry
  • This is a beautiful world of enlightened aristos, the kind of people who know not only wine but Italian art and, to a great extent, themselves.2008 February 24, James Kaplan, “Reader, He Married Her”, in New York Times. From the entry aristo
  • Come on Google Groupers share your knowledge, first correct entry will win absolutely nothing, so keep listening next hour for your chance to be informed, enlightened and entertained.2004 September 18, ARNie, “Tallest Radio Mast - slightly OT”, in aus.radio.broadcast (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025. From the entry Google Grouper
  • Carpenter saw the Uranian (homosexual) spirit to be more enlightened than that of the common man and believed that Uranians were the new prophets of the coming social revolution.2003, Chuck Stewart, “Biographical Sketches”, in Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues), Santa Barbara…. From the entry uranian
  • As long as urban conditions were kept tolerable, the issue might never be pressed, and later writers comment on the mild and enlightened atmosphere of Peisistratid rule.1964, A. French, Growth of the Athenian Economy, London: Routledge; Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry Peisistratid
  • The Berlin rulers did indeed make a serious attempt to conciliate local opinion by sending down for once a really humane and enlightened governor, Baron von Manteuffel.1919 May, William Stearns Davis, “The Roots of War”, in Century, pages 110–23. From the entry condescension

Meaning of enlightened

  1. adjective Educated or informed.
  2. adjective Made aware of something.
  3. adjective Freed from illusion.

Full definition of enlightened

Questions about enlightened in a sentence

How do you use enlightened in a sentence?
Enlightened is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “An enlightened mind does not need external authority.”
What is a short sentence with enlightened?
“An enlightened mind does not need external authority.”
What does enlightened mean?
Enlightened means educated or informed.

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