Examples of revelatory in a Sentence

ended his tall tale with a revelatory wink that indicated that it had all been an elaborate put-on

Recent Examples on the Web On an unseasonably warm day in the middle of February — the kind where the sun shines and the wind sighs and boring observations about pleasant weather feel revelatory — hundreds of spectators descend upon New York City’s Washington Square Park. — Maria Sherman, SPIN, 2 May 2022 And as Cohen’s many fans can attest, the music that resulted from this uncanny intersection is almost revelatory. — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 Beale and Godley, who have been with the show since its original English-language run at the National Theater in London, are particularly revelatory — their flawless transitions between characters a theatrical slight of hand. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022 Her style of raw and revelatory punk-funk defies any notions that women can’t be visionaries in the worlds of rock and pop. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2022 But does anyone really expect Biden to offer groundbreaking, revelatory information on many of the subjects at hand? — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022 Looking back at the 20-year career arc of any musician would be revelatory. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022 Hour after hour, patron after patron described the bar as so revelatory as to be a cultural and personal reset. — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021 But these aspects of Cash’s biography are already well known, and while Foley does give them a fuller sense of dimension and rootedness, there’s not much that’s particularly revelatory. — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2021 See More

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