Example sentences for: enlightened

How can you use “enlightened” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Candles is essentially a fantasy about throwing out this system: The excluded are included and the exclusionary are either enlightened or humbled.

  • A longtime FAA security official described the air carriers' approach to security regulation as "decry, deny and delay" and told us that while "the air carriers had seen the enlightened hand of self-interest with respect to safety, they hadn't seen it in the security arena."

  • Indeed, given the ubiquitous social messages of what now constitutes enlightened masculinity (a nurturing, sensitive, cholesterol-free character, etc.), it would be interesting to know why Joe Camel is not perceived by youth as a criminal rather than, as the Federal Trade Commission's would-be censors insist is the case, as a model.

  • Recommendation: If Musharraf stands for enlightened moderation in a fight for his life and for the life of his country, the United States should be willing to make hard choices too, and make the difficult long-term commitment to the future of Pakistan.

  • Despite protests from the Catholic League, reviewers agree that writer-director Kevin Smith's latest is "a tortured testament from a true believer" (Richard Corliss, Time ). What's more, this "obviously devout, enlightened parable" about a pair of rebellious angels (played by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) is "mercilessly funny" and "gratifyingly cynicism free" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and Alan Rickman round out the cast as the 13 th apostle, a muse, and a messenger from God.


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