How to Use revelation in a Sentence

revelation

noun
  • The revelation that she was a drug user was not a surprise to me.
  • The book includes many shocking revelations about the mayor's personal life.
  • Revelations by the newspaper caused a scandal.
  • The 27-year-old Hill has been a revelation for the Knights.
    oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • But at the end of the hearing, the judge circled back to the new revelation.
    Jeremy Barr, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a hint of that kind of revelation in Brown’s new book.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The movie ends with perhaps the biggest revelation about the whale.
    Pakinam Amer, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Milner has been a revelation out of the bullpen this year.
    Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2022
  • Queen has been a revelation in the Ravens’ defense of late.
    Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The road to Damascus isn’t as well marked as the road to revelation.
    Elena Ferrante, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • Their encounter leads to a revelation that will change the world.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The revelation of Gruden’s emails caused shock waves across the sport.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
  • One revelation: The state's coastal counties were spared the worst.
    Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 27 June 2017
  • The time with his preschooler has been a revelation to Thomas.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • For some 50-plus dads, work from home has been a late-life revelation.
    Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2020
  • That kind of revelation might lead to new ways to prevent or treat the disease.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
  • And, for some, the payoff may seem less revelation than: duh!
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • But a much bigger revelation was lying in wait — and on the floor.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The batter on all Two Hands hot dogs is a true revelation.
    Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Which is the greater miracle at the time of revelation?
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The other revelation was that there were not just two camps.
    Amanda Ripley, Time, 17 Apr. 2021
  • There are decades ahead for more changes and revelations.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • His revelation, as a major star in hip-hop, was a brave one, though.
    Essence, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The revelation that the footage had been destroyed caused an outcry.
    NBC News, 11 Oct. 2020
  • It’s the kind of revelation that often comes after a near brush with death.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Over the course of the play, drinks are guzzled, grievances are aired and revelations are revealed.
    Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The notebooks fit with the revelations of spirit medicine.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 1 May 2023
  • The biggest revelation was that few people knew how to search their email.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The revelation of the night though was McLachlan’s aching rendition of the title track off Blue.
    Steve Baltin, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2023
  • That revelation spooked investors, who sent the shares crashing down by more than one-third over a two-day stretch.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2020

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