Sentence examples for edifying use from inspiring English sources
The popularity of Big Brother may be baffling to some, but it is entertainment with a capital E. The exposure of 10 fit, egotistical young people to the rigours of superstardom, character assasination and CCTV in the lavvies is a far more edifying use of media time and space than the disgraceful naming and shaming carried out by certain tabloid newspapers.
Low-culture violence coarsens us, high-culture violence edifies us.
But when it's used on diplomas, the effect is to obfuscate, not edify; its function is to overawe, not delight.
One week of vacation she used to take Rose somewhere edifying, a national park or a historic battlefield.
Most of these innovations are grouped under the rubric "Life," which also features edifying graphs and charts on things from household energy use to tooth brushing.
There are other Supreme Court cases using the term — hundreds of them, in fact — even if not all of them are as edifying.
