ILLUMINATION in a Sentence
Learn ILLUMINATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
133 example sentences for ILLUMINATION, such as:
1. The candle illuminated her countenance.
2. A lot of electric lamps illuminated the stage.
3. A sort of illumination appeared on his countenance.
4. The skylight will provide good illumination from above.
5. His old art of escape rose to his brain like an illumination.
2. A lot of electric lamps illuminated the stage.
3. A sort of illumination appeared on his countenance.
4. The skylight will provide good illumination from above.
5. His old art of escape rose to his brain like an illumination.
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Meanings and Examples of ILLUMINATION
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illumination
n. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
n. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
Classic Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1 Perhaps some of the bacon grease Dilcey was using for illumination could be used for seasoning.
2 Now an oil lamp and a few candles lighted the room and the roaring fire in the wide hearth gave most of the illumination.
3 He makes his berth an Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination.
4 An illumination broke over his whole face when he saw her and joined her under the orange tree.
5 The Fairy palaces burst into illumination, before pale morning showed the monstrous serpents of smoke trailing themselves over Coketown.
6 In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations, seems to be of the quietest neutral colour, but under a full illumination blazes with dazzling splendour.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
7 Wildeve became lost in thought, and a look of inward illumination came into his eyes.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
8 A sort of illumination appeared on his countenance.
9 His old art of escape rose to his brain like an illumination.
10 The street-lantern, situated directly opposite, cast some light on the stairs, and thus effected some economy in illumination.
11 They do not see that the role of the natural sciences in this matter is merely to serve as an instrument for the illumination of one side of it.
12 The lamp illuminated him on one side, the firelight on the other.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
13 A copper lamp illuminated the tablecloth of coarse white linen, the pewter jug shining like silver, and filled with wine, and the brown, smoking soup-tureen.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
14 At the moment when Jean Valjean paused in front of the bed, this cloud parted, as though on purpose, and a ray of light, traversing the long window, suddenly illuminated the Bishop's pale face.
15 The candle illuminated her countenance.
Example Sentence:
1 For roadway luminaries, I estimate an illumination increase with proper shielding to perhaps 115 percent of the unshielded level.
2 The skylight will provide good illumination from above.
3 Their faces are illuminated by the candle on the center of the table.
4 The report illuminated the difficult issues at the heart of science policy.
5 A lot of electric lamps illuminated the stage.
6 A ray of sunlight illuminated every filament of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.
7 Yes, I have hidden her; neither the light of the sun, nor any social taper shall again illuminate her kindly face.
8 We could see the morning sunlight illuminate the pinnacle while the rest of the mountain lay in shadow.
9 We illuminate the enemy plane with searchlights in order to shoot at it.
10 Patriotism: Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
11 Still, this effective theatrical ploy – so very Scandinavian and socially progressive – has achieved its goal: People have been talking, and various titles have been trotted out to shock and illuminate.
12 Science has come a long way in illuminating the development processes of an organism in terms of chemical reactions.