Sentence examples for enlightening before from inspiring English sources

JOHN RYAN MARTINE JR., Queens, posted on nytimes.co, RIFF: ONLINE COMMENTS Reading the letters to the editor of major publications was far more enlightening before they began publishing online posts to show how hip they are.

"I was not enlightened, nor was my town enlightened before Mr. Zimmerman called," she said.

James: I've never thought about that before so this is enlightening to me as well as to you.

You'd get Marlon Brando – having just wrapped The Godfather – flying from Tahiti to New York to sit down for an hour, completely dismiss acting and the film industry, before enlightening the audience on the plight of Native Americans.

He agrees to share his story in an interview, but not before enlightening me that I should not put his real name, nor say from which part of the north coast he plans to exit.

In my younger, less enlightened days before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, AIG, GM, and Countrywide, I would have considered the speech rather naïve.

It can be enlightening to experience how dancing can open up cool relationships with folks you might never have talked to before.

Mr. Moyers, he added, helps in "enlightening our democracy" — a Carnegie mission — by putting "before our nation questions that we should discuss".

I hope higher education becomes enlightened on its own before it is forced to do so.

Their trajectories can be enlightening: Ms Sandberg worked at the World Bank and in the US Treasury before joining the tech industry.

Before answering that question, a brief historical prelude is enlightening.