Sentence examples for were enlightened from inspiring English sources

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were enlightened

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To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

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"You were enlightened?" "No.

Mr Lynch argues that both men were enlightened despots.

But she added, "By the end we were enlightened".

However, those at Ellon Hall were enlightened as to what this actually meant.

"We thought our heroes were enlightened, but then you see that," she lamented.

The "kids" he sought were "enlightened amateurs", a world away from the stuffy 1960s hangovers still dominating US television.

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The responses were enlightening.

His words were enlightening.

I didn't want to be enlightened about the Enlightenment.

It's enlightened self-interest.

He is enlightened, awake.

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