Definition of REVELATORY

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 If Ronan’s Jo is extraordinary, it should be noted that Pugh’s Amy is equally revelatory, a reimagining of one of literature’s all-time-greatest brats that makes her not just sympathetic, but appealing. — Philippa Snow, The New Republic, "The Reinvention of Little Women," 1 Jan. 2020 That approach was revelatory because, so often, when countries give parents time to be used by either parent, the mother ends up taking the majority of the days, creating a gender imbalance in child rearing. — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, "A Tour of Iceland's Feminist Past and Present," 18 Dec. 2019 In the 1990s and 2000s, the accrual of DNA exonerations — made possible by the advent of a then-new and revelatory technology — laid bare the fact that snitch testimony had contributed to wrongful convictions across the country. — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, "He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.," 4 Dec. 2019 As these small but revelatory details accumulate, so, too, does a growing sense of dread. — Longreads, "Longreads Best of 2019: Crime Reporting," 13 Dec. 2019 Think about some of the John Coltrane albums that have materialized in recent years, and the work of the Resonance label, which put out a revelatory set of Wes Montgomery sessions in April. — Bret Saunders, The Know, "Get a taste of New Orleans when Preservation Hall Jazz Band comes to Denver," 2 Nov. 2019 But in 1969 this was truly revelatory, and the public devoured it. — Juliet Rieden, Town & Country, "The True Story of the Royal Family's BBC Documentary, Which Hasn't Been Seen Publicly in Decades," 23 Nov. 2019 Coates' research ranged from reading interviews with ex-slaves and consulting a 19th-century Farmer's Almanac — books duly pictured on his Instagram account — to his numerous and revelatory visits to former plantations. — Hillel Italie, baltimoresun.com, "Oprah Winfrey picks Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates novel for her book club," 24 Sep. 2019 The portable, wire-free Oculus Quest in particular felt revelatory, an almost desktop-caliber experience without the need for a desktop, playable at a moment’s notice. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "Oculus Connect 6: Significant Oculus Quest upgrades could render the Rift obsolete," 25 Sep. 2019

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14 Jan 2020

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“Revelatory.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revelatory. Accessed 23 January 2020.