How to Use revealing in a Sentence

revealing

adjective
  • The book is a revealing account of being part of a gang.
  • She wore a very revealing shirt.
  • That skirt is much too revealing.
  • Her comments about her childhood were revealing.
  • That could be bad for the C.I.A.—and very revealing for the rest of us.
    The New Yorker, 10 June 2022
  • In late March of the year the light was rawly new and revealing.
    Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The legs are cut high and the back is cut low for a more revealing look.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, harpersbazaar.com, 3 June 2023
  • Here are 74 from the past year that were the most revealing.
    New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • These are raw and revealing times for the James Beard Awards.
    Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2020
  • That was very revealing to a lot of things about Jesse.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 26 May 2025
  • The square cut is modern and not too revealing, and the low back adds some edge.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 May 2025
  • What is the most revealing statistic from the first half of the season?
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Maybe that’s a mask too, but the way Sim sees it, that can still be just as revealing.
    Vulture, 26 Aug. 2022
  • For me, that was the most revealing, just what the pressures are on boys at that age.
    Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 4 May 2018
  • But the most revealing name is the shortest one: the meeting.
    New York Times, 7 May 2018
  • Arguably the most revealing look of all was the first of three that Doja Cat wore for the evening.
    Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 29 May 2021
  • What stars and clients wear to the show isn’t always so revealing of what to expect from a show.
    Julian Randall, Essence, 6 Mar. 2025
  • That’s as revealing as Votto was about what happened on the field in the top of the first inning.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 21 June 2021
  • The type of crash scene might be most revealing, Waldock said.
    Jason Pohl, azcentral, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Here are some of the most revealing, Patrick Saunders writes.
    Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Here's a breakdown of her most revealing lyrics on the album.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • But every once in a while, the show will slip with a clue that is a little too revealing.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing.
    Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But the most revealing part of all three has nothing to do with their contents.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 15 July 2021
  • More revealing than the final vote, though, is just how frenzied the rhetoric of the teachers unions has been.
    Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Looking at the work for a minute is just as revealing as looking at it for an hour.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020
  • That’s what made this season so revealing.
    C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The more revealing question is why he was taken aback in the first place – and what that tells us about the meaning of relationships.
    Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The case in the book that is the most revealing involves the smart pacemaker case.
    ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Faces off the field gives a revealing look into the thoughts and lives of high school student-athletes from the Austin area.
    Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026

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