Examples of edification in a Sentence
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All edifications, criticism, and conclusions cannot keep us from his strange spell.
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Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
In 1943, American publishers began to produce Armed Services Editions, for soldiers overseas—millions of books that provided edification, amusement, even bouts of peace.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Our species draws upon them for pleasure, for edification, for inspiration and motivation, and sometimes for a cheesy simulacrum of such things.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
The problem is that edification isn’t in and of itself dramatic or even necessarily nuanced.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2023
The report is based on data from 2021 and is intended for the edification of business and political leaders.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Fox News put on a Republican presidential debate with enough moments of edification and entertainment to justify the ticket price.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
At each of these visits, Ms. Levick was struck by how the men — imprisoned at such a young age and last in line for any prison edification programs because of their status as lifers — had mastered the nuances of the law and were orchestrating a statewide grass-roots movement from inside prison.
—Issie Lapowsky Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
The idea that the disease might be self-inflicted was a way to exert control over what was, once an attack started, uncontrollable, and to give the pain meaning, as a path to edification and redemption, since for centuries, sacrifice of earthly pleasures was the only relief.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2020
Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
In 1943, American publishers began to produce Armed Services Editions, for soldiers overseas—millions of books that provided edification, amusement, even bouts of peace.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Our species draws upon them for pleasure, for edification, for inspiration and motivation, and sometimes for a cheesy simulacrum of such things.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
The problem is that edification isn’t in and of itself dramatic or even necessarily nuanced.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2023
The report is based on data from 2021 and is intended for the edification of business and political leaders.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Fox News put on a Republican presidential debate with enough moments of edification and entertainment to justify the ticket price.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
At each of these visits, Ms. Levick was struck by how the men — imprisoned at such a young age and last in line for any prison edification programs because of their status as lifers — had mastered the nuances of the law and were orchestrating a statewide grass-roots movement from inside prison.
—Issie Lapowsky Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
The idea that the disease might be self-inflicted was a way to exert control over what was, once an attack started, uncontrollable, and to give the pain meaning, as a path to edification and redemption, since for centuries, sacrifice of earthly pleasures was the only relief.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2020
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“Edification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edification. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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