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Example sentences for: enlightenment

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

In earlier times, he would have been one of Enlightenment's missionaries; in our own, he has come to be seen more as a guardian, a defender of embattled humanism.
The overseas empire expanded in the East and West Indies, and arts and letters flourished in this age of enlightenment.
The Age of Enlightenment engendered a new cultural ferment.
It may be symptomatic of such losses that today the adverb of choice is clearly, used even more often than the hucksters' Free! , and, since clarity of expression and thought is seldom evident, this frequent repetition of clearly can be seen as a kind of mantra, a prayer that begs our indulgence, asks us to take the wish for the deed, and, what is far worse, seeks to convict us of ignorance and stupidity should we look elsewhere for enlightenment.
The question mark “nose” is actually the Nepali numeral one, meaning the only way to enlightenment is by following the rules of conduct laid down by the Buddha.