revealing
adjective
re·veal·ing
ri-ˈvē-liŋ 
: allowing a look at or an understanding of something inner or hidden
a revealing confession
also
: tending to expose more typically hidden parts of the body
a revealing top
revealingly
adverb
Examples of revealing in a Sentence
The book is a revealing account of being part of a gang.
Her comments about her childhood were revealing.
She wore a very revealing shirt.
That skirt is much too revealing.
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Wishful Thinking for the Giants The Giants’ pursuit of Maye was aggressive, rare, and revealing.
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John Armwood Iii, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
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Watching even a minute of a non-reality TV celebrity interacting with their reality faves is often more revealing than a 5,000-word profile.
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Whatever happens to Loomer’s life online, Hitchens’s profile is a revealing look at the new Washington, where policy sometimes flows from the recesses of the internet into the West Wing of the White House.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
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John Armwood Iii, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
Curtis’ interactions with Powter are so pure, and illustrate the two women’s similarities in such revealing ways, that the contrivance of their meeting ceased to bother me.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025
Watching even a minute of a non-reality TV celebrity interacting with their reality faves is often more revealing than a 5,000-word profile.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Whatever happens to Loomer’s life online, Hitchens’s profile is a revealing look at the new Washington, where policy sometimes flows from the recesses of the internet into the West Wing of the White House.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for revealing
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“Revealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revealing. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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