illuminate - use in sentences

Object

  • darkness: The latter illuminates the darkness of ignorance with the light of knowledge.
  • mirror: The mirrors sit within the router so that only one wavelength can illuminate any one mirror.
  • sign: The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals Las Vegas.

Subject

  • sunlight: Illuminated by sunlight, the prints are transparent enough to see through to the outside urban surroundings.
  • lamp: All three cartridge stores were entered through shifting lobbies and illuminated by lamps placed in recesses from the adjacent chambers.
  • sun: The curious, spidery blooms look great illuminated by the winter sun.
  • candle: The cell was illuminated by a single candle next to an open bible.
  • beam: Unusual features: The program can be used to calculate the absorption in samples that are only partly illuminated by the X-ray beam.

Modifying Another Word

  • brightly: Will we find government brightly illuminated by the new right to know?
  • internally: Computer displays usually need to be illuminated internally in order to make their pixels visible.
  • dimly: When we reached the plateau, we found a broad square, dimly illuminated by street lights, into which many streets converged.

Preposition: by

  • sunlight: Illuminated by sunlight, the prints are transparent enough to see through to the outside urban surroundings.
  • lamp: All three cartridge stores were entered through shifting lobbies and illuminated by lamps placed in recesses from the adjacent chambers.
  • candle: The cell was illuminated by a single candle next to an open bible.
  • sun: The curious, spidery blooms look great illuminated by the winter sun.
  • beam: Unusual features: The program can be used to calculate the absorption in samples that are only partly illuminated by the X-ray beam.
  • moon: Two chapters, Leaning from the steep slope and On a carpet of leaves illuminated by the moon, are stand-alone masterpieces.

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