"were insightful in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when mentioning a quality or action that someone engaged in. For example, "The students were insightful in their discussions of the novel."
"Dangling Particles," by Lisa Randall (Op-Ed, Sept. 18), is insightful in describing the difficulties in communicating scientific news, which is often complex, to a public that prefers a simple story.
In fact, I almost gave back last year's stimulus tax-cut.I humbly suggest that when a rocket scientist can't correctly fill out his own tax form, it's time to simplify the tax code.Josh Hopkins Littleton, ColoradoYou are what you isSIR – Your discussion of what makes a country was insightful ("In quite a state", April 10th).
In general, such research has been insightful in better understanding the often-ignored human and interpersonal dynamics of information technology.
Whilst not claiming for generalisation from this intrinsic case study, evidence herein is insightful in understanding related situations.
The analysis of reversible radiation conversion is insightful in process optimization and provides the upper limit to performance of any conceptual device.
The evolving shape of a computational domain carries with it the signature of the aggregation process, which can be insightful in complex and time dependent aggregation conditions.
Additional studies evaluating BLLs in populations of wine drinkers relative to non-wine drinkers may also be insightful in determining the accuracy of our findings, as well as the best way to model Pb exposures.
These sensitivities are insightful in explaining the observed trends in previous parametric studies of Cϕ for high speed PPJB flames, in which it is found that increasing Cϕ alleviates the overpredition of reaction progress at the upstream location but does not help improve the prediction at the downstream location where the controlling process is chemical reaction.
And Michael is insightful in pointing out how Hitler studied his audience in order to gain mastery over them the way an entertainer would.
Although Grossman is insightful in opining that we should focus on Klebold, not the more fiery Harris: "If there is a lesson here, it lies in Klebold's story, which is the more disturbing because he was, at heart, like us.
