Sentence examples for illuminating thing from inspiring English sources

But the most illuminating thing about those votes, and the committee investigations that preceded them, may be what they didn't reveal: Any ties to the White House.

But you can be sure she will have a lot of illuminating things to say for herself – and for sport.

Thanks to finely tuned responses, backed by ample quotation, Mr Manguel reaches back seven centuries and almost takes Dante by the hand.Although more an exercise in curiosity than a study of the idea itself, Mr Manguel's book has illuminating things to say about that too.

He has very illuminating things to say about the difference between authentic and inauthentic satisfaction, for example, or the way in which the sensation of "getting away with it" links what we admire about rule-breaking artists with what we despise about cynical politicians.

Reading some of the ugly, illuminating things Cusk includes, I thought of incidents I have chosen not to mention here: a conversation with X that ended with me throwing my phone at the wall in rage; the ongoing discomfort and occasional flare-ups about money, and the house.

To me the appeal of the book lies in its illuminating explications of things so apparently obvious that they would seem to require no explanation.

An illuminating concealer is the only thing that really helps with discoloration and shadows.

It can be difficult illuminating tough subject matter, he said.

You can only strike illuminating postures in the vicinity of things.

Seen from space, or from the vantage point of those conversant with Zen principles, A Tale for the Time Being is probably a deep and illuminating piece of work, with thoughtful things to say about the slipperiness of time.

We read Dickens because his perception and investigation of the human psyche is deep, precise, and illuminating, and because he tells us things about ourselves by portraying personality traits and habits that might seem all too familiar.