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• The captain named it Pearl Rock after the rising sun illuminated the surface of the island.From the entry rock
• The incident light illuminated the surface.From the entry incident
• Sunak is a sunnier character than DeSantis, who could illuminate a stage by getting off it.2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times. From the entry sunny
• It was turned on, illuminated, beads of oil dripping down around a reasonable copy of Athena Parthenos.2017, Jarett Kobek, The Future Won't Be Long. From the entry rain lamp
• Illuminated by the sunlight, it was no longer like snow—but a petrifact, a diamond.2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4. From the entry petrifact
• They guide us in their light toward the thearchic celebration; we are supercosmically illuminated by them.2015, Karen Louise Jolly, Tradition and Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500. From the entry supercosmically
• The other lamp, a tall, golden Art Deco torchière, illuminated the center of the room.2011, Emma Jameson, Ice Blue: Lord & Lady Hetheridge #1. From the entry torchière
• White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject.2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry strobe
• A flash of emerald light briefly illuminated the forest, and the stone vanished.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 4. From the entry illuminated
• The degree of product independence illuminates the extent of an action model's proprietarity.2001, Heinz-Dieter Knöll, Lukas W. H. Kühl, Roland W. A. Kühl, Robert Moreton, “View The Status Quo: Review of Life-Cycle Approaches”, in…. From the entry proprietarity
• Altremont, he read, shielding his eyes from the rain while he studied the illuminated bell buttons.1999, John le Carré, chapter 12, in Single & Single, New York: Scribner, page 221. From the entry bell button
• Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it.1992, Gore Vidal, The Decline and Fall of the American Empire. From the entry decadent
• The engine temperature warning lamp should illuminate when the starter button is depressed.1983, Operator's Manual: Truck Tractor, Line Haul, 50,000 GVWR, 6 x 4, M915. From the entry cranking
• Gray striations became visible on the planetary surface, illuminated by ringlight.1983, John Varley, Titan, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry ringlight
• Flares do not know friend from foe and so illuminate both.1980, Armored and mechanized brigade operations, p.3−29. From the entry know
• Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization.2025 March 19, Sonja Anderson, “4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy”, in…. From the entry clay tablet
• You turn it on, and suddenly, it's all illuminated.2024, Scott H. Young, Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery, HarperCollins, →ISBN, pages 33-34. From the entry problem space
• The post-epidemic period is illuminated by sound and light art.2023 January 19, Tim Wu, “The Lunar New Year Attractions to See at Once, Lantern Festivals and Markets in Taiwan”, in National Immigration…. From the entry Yanshuei
• It’s a theoretical framework that illuminates society’s inability to recognize our humanity — the disdain, disregard and disgust for our existence.2020 June 4, Kihana Miraya Ross, “Call It What It Is: Anti-Blackness”, in New York Times. From the entry antiblackness
• In fact, a model of transhumanism, identified as postsuffering transhumanism or abolitionism, illuminates connections between values of hedonistic utilitarianism and transhumanism.2020, Ryan K. Bolger, Kutter Callaway, Techno-Sapiens in a Networked Era, Wipf and Stock Publishers, page 122. From the entry postsuffering
• He takes out a leather-bound Bible, written in Ge'ez, illuminated by drawings of angels with large, soulful eyes.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 328. From the entry Ge'ez
• When we saw people going up the front path they always knocked, or pressed the illuminated button that activated tubular bells.2012, Jan Mark, They Do Things Differently There. From the entry entry-phone
• Illuminated by a congruently curved overhead light in the darkened gallery, it sparkles like an oversized necklace of semi-precious stones.2010 October 29, Ken Johnson, “William Lamson: ‘A Line Describing the Sun’”, in The New York Times. From the entry congruently
• Evans would be gone — but as a postconcert interview illuminates, it was just one stop along the road.2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times. From the entry postconcert
• Where downhill skiers have slopes illuminated by flood lamps to boost their vertical mileage, snowshoers and cross-country skiers rely on moonshine.2007 January 28, Elaine Glusac, “It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?”, in New York Times. From the entry snowshoer
• The unofficial past flared more vividly, illuminated in matchlit glimpses.2007, Michelle De Kretser, The Lost Dog. From the entry matchlit
• The controversy is useful if only because it illuminates the general thugification of professional sports, which definitely includes the college game.2007 July 5, Ken Berger, “Why not?”, in Post-Tribune. From the entry thugification
• Yet the platforms have been maintained, are well illuminated, and serve as a layup and storage area for the MTA.2005, Julia Solis, New York Underground: The Anatomy of a City, New York City: Routledge, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry layup
• But doing so can also help deparochialize understandings, and illuminate the world, the other, and ultimately, one's own society and self.2004, David L. Szanton, The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, page 2. From the entry deparochialize
• Soon, light from three large fires illuminated the darkness.2003, Paul K Davis, Besieged, page 112. From the entry johar
• Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.2002, Marilyn F. Daniel, Kitchen Witchery, Weiser, →ISBN, page 236. From the entry balefire
• Shoots break from the earth, leaves unfurl auspiciously and peacockeries of colour—dashing golds, purples and whites—illuminate the grounds.1998, Des Kennedy, An Ecology of Enchantment, page 64. From the entry auspiciously
• The life that illuminates and gives meaning to spare ground.1989 February 5, Kay Whitlock, “Letter from Colorado”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 11. From the entry stock pond
• If the fog chamber lamp illuminates, the indicator is operational.1984, DS and GS Maintenance Manual, page 4-16. From the entry chamber lamp
• Just after emerging from the clouds on the down-slope, the whole of Zeis Keep was illuminated in the dawn-lit sky.1981, Jack L. Chalker, chapter 21, in Lilith: A Snake in the Grass, Phoenix Pick, published 2011, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry fairy-talelike

Meaning of illuminate

1. verb To shine light on something.
2. verb To decorate something with lights.
3. verb To clarify or make something understandable.

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Questions about illuminate in a sentence

How do you use illuminate in a sentence?

Illuminate is used as a verb, adjective and noun. For example: “The captain named it Pearl Rock after the rising sun illuminated the surface of the island.”

What is a short sentence with illuminate?

“The incident light illuminated the surface.”

What does illuminate mean?

Illuminate means to shine light on something.