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Example sentences for "illuminating"

Lexicographically close words:
illuminant; illuminants; illuminate; illuminated; illuminates; illumination; illuminations; illuminative; illuminator; illuminators
  1. And now, as though having accomplished its design by causing Hollis to lose the trail, the lightning flashed again, illuminating the surrounding country for several miles.

  2. Nothing," he returned gravely, awed by this fleeting illuminating glimpse into her soul.

  3. Light of the world' he loved to call her still, but it was in the commonplace romance of his time, the mere light of beauty and grace illuminating the world of chivalry.

  4. The course of his mind was onward and upward like a blazing star, illuminating the horizon of his intellect as it rose.

  5. He continued to discharge the important duties of Chief Justice up to 1799 illuminating his judicial path with profound learning, sound discretion and impartial decisions.

  6. In conversation he was agreeable and instructive--illuminating and enlivening the social circle with apothegms, aphorisms and pungent anecdotes--imparting pleasure and intelligence to all around him.

  7. Like a blazing meteor--it bursts suddenly upon us as in the darkness of night, illuminating the world and like the lightning thunder bolt--shivers every obstacle that stands in its way.

  8. From Miss Bond he received an illuminating smile.

  9. The hawklike yet benevolent and illuminating look he gave her recalled the man at Silliston whom she had thought a carpenter though he was dressed now in a warm suit of gray wool, and wore a white, low collar.

  10. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas.

  11. A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas.

  12. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.

  13. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series.

  14. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.

  15. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes.

  16. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent.

  17. In so far as it remains purely symbolic and does not attempt to rationalize its symbolism, a dogmatic religion must always contain within the circle of its creed many profound and illuminating secrets.

  18. They are an illuminating revelation of the inherent character and personal bias of the individual soul who is philosophizing.

  19. To call any universal experience "an illusion" is no more and no less illuminating than to call it "an ultimate truth.

  20. But illuminating as these incidents may be, it is yet open to question whether they prove any concerted attempt on the part of the Jews to bring about the overthrow of the French monarchy and the Catholic religion.

  21. The most illuminating passage in the whole of M.

  22. Wiring diagrams showing proper methods of wiring for illuminating a painted sign.

  23. It sometimes happens that after using power from the local electric illuminating company for some time, conditions arise which make it expedient for the owners to install a private electric plant.

  24. Such illuminating oils shall not contain water or tar-like matter, nor shall they contain more than a trace of any sulphur compound.

  25. Miniature electric lamps include all that are not used for general illuminating purposes.

  26. There are two general methods of generating acetylene for domestic illuminating and heating purposes: that of adding carbide to water, and that in which the water is mixed with carbide.

  27. The accidental leakage of gas from defective pipes and fixtures produce only the element of risk that is assumed with the use of any other form of gas for illuminating purposes.

  28. The quantity of light used in illuminating each square foot of the sphere is called a lumen.

  29. Acetylene is distributed through the house in pipes in the same manner as for ordinary illuminating gas.

  30. Illuminating engineering is now a business that has to do with placing of lamps to the greatest advantage in lighting any desired space.

  31. When used for gas making, the volatile portion forms the illuminating gas.

  32. Of these the first is the most important as an illuminating gas, while for industrial and domestic purposes producer gas is of no importance as a fuel gas.

  33. For illuminating private grounds or public thoroughfares, lamps such as are illustrated in Figs.

  34. The opening K, through which the gasoline vapor escapes from the generator, is very small and a slight stoppage will materially interfere with the flow of the vapor and thus impair the illuminating effect of the light.

  35. Sewer gas often contains, from escaping illuminating gas, sufficient carbon monoxide to produce the poisoning effect characteristic of that gas but the possibility of danger is quite remote.

  36. This type of arc is very little used for illuminating purposes.

  37. The hand-feed lamp is generally used in theaters and is practically the only kind admitted on the stage, or for stage illuminating purposes.

  38. The curving of the foot lights will have the further advantage of illuminating the sides of an actor more than would be the case if they were laid out in a straight line.

  39. This is for the purpose of illuminating vaudeville performers.

  40. To whatever results investigations of this kind may lead, the chief interest lies, for the present, in the possibilities they offer for the production of an efficient illuminating device.

  41. By carefully determining the positions of these devices it was found practicable to maintain them all at their proper illuminating power.

  42. It is, of course, out of the question to reach this theoretical result, but it is possible by a proper construction of the illuminating device to approximate it more or less.

  43. A ray of sunlight fell through the grated window upon the dying head, illuminating the points of the thorns in the crown, the falling locks of hair, the tortured hands, and casting a shadow of death beneath the half-closed eyes.

  44. Darius strode quickly forward, his gilded harness clanging as he walked, the strong flaring light illuminating his bold dark features.

  45. Their mockery is founded on two assumptions, which they believe to be irrefutable; that the sun is the only possible source of light to the earth; and that it is impossible for the sun to exist without illuminating the earth.

  46. They are illuminating and suggestive--quite striking.

  47. A swift moment of vivid intuition came to her, illuminating her vision of life, as she looked at Tommy, lying on his back, with his straw hat tilted over his eyes.

  48. Upon this subject there are some very illuminating data in Warren and Livermore's Agricultural Survey of four townships in Tompkins County, N.

  49. To protect the people from the danger of burning oil unfit for illuminating purposes, there is an officer called the inspector of illuminating oils.

  50. Chian mastic is obtained), an alimentary and illuminating oil.

  51. The first oil obtained is known as gasoline, used in portable gas machines for making illuminating gas.

  52. A number of measurements of the illuminating power of an electric lamp were rapidly made during the lecture with this photometer.

  53. In doing this,' he exclaims in that illuminating document, 'we are benefiting Turkey.

  54. Davis Treitsch, called Die Jüden der Türkei, published in 1915, which is a most illuminating little document.

  55. They sat at opposite sides of the table, the electric drop-light illuminating the papers between them.

  56. The stray beam balefully illuminating her marriage slipped from her involuntarily.

  57. Men and women crossing the high seas of life he had found most readable under that illuminating inquiry, as to their means.

  58. Keep near Him that His hand may nourish your smoking dimness into a pure flame, leaping heavenward and illuminating your lives.

  59. There is a very remarkable correspondence reiterated in my text between the illuminating God and the illuminated Zion.

  60. And finally, the attempt to appraise the spiritual values of the parts and the whole may be an illuminating achievement, relating all this material to the general stream of cultural development and to the history of the race.

  61. A certain well-known collector has selected Harunobu and Shunsho as his special objects of interest, and has brought together a notable and illuminating series of specimens of their work.

  62. The result was as illuminating as such enquiries usually are, and no more so, for Bedford had a good word to say of each.

  63. In an incredibly short time a cheerful blaze was illuminating the room, and Grizel, kicking off small brown shoes, was crinkling her toes before the fire.

  64. Each of us in his turn has had such an experience, but it is all too rare, for the eyes of our fellow-creatures, so far from being windows of the soul, are as a rule little more illuminating than any other feature.


  65. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "illuminating" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    coeducational; critical; cultural; demonstrative; didactic; disciplinary; edifying; editorial; educational; enlightening; explanatory; hortatory; illuminant; illuminating; illustrative; informative; initiatory; instructive; introductory; lecturing; lightening; lighting; preceptive; rationalistic; teaching