Definition of EPIPHANY

Examples of epiphany in a Sentence

Invention has its own algorithm: genius, obsession, serendipity, and epiphany in some unknowable combination. — Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 12 May 2008 One day, a New York composer met an expert on Asian domesticated elephants, and together they reached some sort of freakish epiphany and decided to see if elephants could learn to play music. — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2002 One epiphany came when a dozen engineers in northern New Mexico saw a lone, fading Xerox paper carton bobbing in a swamp of old motor oil at the bottom of a pit. — Michelle Conlin, Business Week, 1 Nov. 1999 Seeing her father again when she was an adult was an epiphany that changed her whole view of her childhood.

Recent Examples on the Web Armed with this epiphany, Lester starts taking all the credit for a project that his teammates actually contributed to and picking fights with his coworkers. — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, "The secret to dealing with cynics at work," 24 Jan. 2020 How to dodge sugar pushers: One of the epiphanies you are bound to have on a sugar-busting quest is that sugary foods are lurking everywhere — at the juice bar, in the ballpark, even your kids’ doctor’s office! — Michele Promaulayko, Good Housekeeping, "How to Stop Sugar Cravings Once and For All," 18 Jan. 2020 Brands that haven’t had this epiphany need to understand their role in their consumers’ life and constantly look for clarity and insight. — Sudhir Sitapati, Quartz India, "Hindustan Unilever’s advertising approach is a life skill worth acquiring," 6 Jan. 2020 That's the secret to ayahuasca's powerful psychedelic effects, which can also produce feelings of elation and fear or a sense of epiphany or psychological breakthrough. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Ayahuasca alters brain waves to produce waking dream-like state, study finds," 19 Nov. 2019 Levi Strauss’s Chip Bergh, who took a strong stance on gun control, tells of a similar epiphany. — Fortune, "America’s CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation," 19 Aug. 2019 Javed’s moment of epiphany occurs during the great storm of October 1987. — J.t., The Economist, "“Blinded by the Light” captures Bruce Springsteen’s universal truths," 15 Aug. 2019 What was the moment of epiphany, the circumstance that made the inconsistencies undeniable? — Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, "Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood," 18 July 2019 But first, how a visit to Dayton led to an epiphany. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Thanks for all the sunny days," 9 Dec. 2019

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