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Example sentences for: illuminating

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

Here a historical analogy is illuminating: Only a decade ago, after all, America was frantic about another mysterious, ominous Asian power that was not quite friend, not quite enemy.
If you go, don't forget to buy the illuminating book by its curator, Valerie Steele.
The various events held around Japan are usually highly ceremonial, with blazing torches illuminating the proceedings.
But attempts to explain history in terms of common traits already possessed by the peer groups that confronted these events are seldom illuminating.
The example I know best is that of the chat rooms devoted to particular stocks, which were supposed to be informative, illuminating places, filled with like-minded investors trying to help each other and educate each other about stocks.