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Example sentences for "illumined"

Lexicographically close words:
illuminations; illuminative; illuminator; illuminators; illumine; illumines; illuming; illumining; illusion; illusionary
  1. For caritas is the informing principle of Faith, and the highest virtue of the grace-illumined will.

  2. Next Thomas considers the action of angels upon men, and shows that men may have their minds illumined by the lower orders of angels, who present to men intelligibilem veritatem sub similitudinibus sensibilium.

  3. The good were illumined and converted to the light of righteousness, that they might be light and not darkness.

  4. One day of the days as he sat on the throne of his Kingship, compassed about with the Grandees of his realm, suddenly there came in to him a Personage, whose face illumined the whole Divan with its light.

  5. The light of a swinging oil lamp illumined the room.

  6. After supper they went out in front of the cabin, where they could look up at the wild mass of mountains, the peaks of which were illumined by the rays of the setting sun.

  7. Cellini spoke with enthusiasm, and his countenance seemed illumined by the eloquence that warmed his speech.

  8. And a sort of radiant pity and forbearance illumined her lovely features, as we parted for the night.

  9. A narrow aperture in the deep, massy stone, admitted all the light which illumined us after the iron door slowly closed.

  10. It seemed to me that she was born with us and for us,--that she belonged to us as rightfully as the air we breathed, and the light that illumined us.

  11. The eternal youth, the undecaying grandeur of nature, illumined by that celestial light which lends glory to ruins, and throws the illusion of beauty over the features of decay!

  12. The glorious orb illumined the fairy grotto with a radiance as intense as the noonday sun's.

  13. Then I remembered Julian, and the love-light that had illumined them both that memorable evening.

  14. Henceforth my life would be calm and placid as the beams that illumined the night.

  15. Even the paly gold of her hair seemed to catch the glory that so suddenly and absolutely illumined her.

  16. He never appeared so illumined with intellect, so glowing with feeling, as in moments like these; and I was flattered that a mind so brilliant, and a heart so warm, reserved their brightness and their warmth for me.

  17. A bright, fearless smile illumined their countenances; their dark, waving locks shone in the dazzling light.

  18. We were, however, rewarded by seeing its rays reflected in the northern sky, which was beautifully illumined with the most brilliant prismatic colours.

  19. Shortly before noon our excitement was intense as a bright ray shot up vertically from the sun's position and illumined the summits of the surrounding ranges, whilst a radiant light was shed around.

  20. His face was transfigured by the passion in his heart and seemed illumined with wrath.

  21. He scanned the audience in a deliberate manner; he gave his lithe body a twist, and switched his tail in a graceful fashion, while his yellow eyes illumined the space about him.

  22. She looked up at him, her eyes, though moist, illumined with pleasure inspired by the sympathy in his tones rather than the import of his words.

  23. How it illumined the years gone by and suffused the living Future!

  24. Vivid as lightning the Spirit of Life illumined him.

  25. Sailing the pathways of the moon it was not celestial light that illumined her beauty.

  26. I have seemed only half alive since I lost her," he said; and the words were like a searchlight which flashed over his character and illumined its obscurities.

  27. A faint smile of pleasure illumined her face; Baldwin, rough and careless as he was, was yet studious to observe native custom.

  28. The darkness became illumined by a wild, strange light from the foaming sea, and every object was distinctly seen by its supernatural glare.

  29. So the wide space, dim with smoke, was illumined only by a dull, varying glimmer.

  30. Another, of white marble, glimmered in the moonlight from the island of Antirrhodus; and farther still a blazing fire illumined the darkness.

  31. The waxing moon was mirrored like a silver column, now wavering and tremulous, now rent by the waves tossing under a strong southeast wind, and illumined the warm autumn night.

  32. He had recognized Archibius's swift galley from the bust of Epicurus which was illumined by the light of the lantern in the prow.

  33. Only the wavering light of a lantern on the strand and another on the nearest island illumined the immediate vicinity, while southward the lights in the city shone as brightly as ever.

  34. The road may have appeared dark at first when my eyes were unaccustomed to its sharp turns, but for a year it has been divinely illumined for me.

  35. On reaching the front door he was surprised to find it open, and to see just within the hall, their white caps and pale faces dimly illumined by the little light that glimmered in from outside, two trained nurses with bags in their hands.

  36. The rifling sun illumined the open sea which was ruffled by the morning breeze, and over whose surface sea-birds were circling.

  37. The doors of the gilded altar-triptych stood open, and the Saviour's progress to Calvary was illumined by the red rays of the evening sun.

  38. You would have thought a phosphorescent glow had suddenly illumined the water.

  39. The sail was unfurled, and they drifted slowly towards the land that rose in grayish masses against the background of the sky, illumined by the rising sun.

  40. On the lawn and among the shrubbery round about stood bronze candelabra, supporting elegant lamps with glass globes, which at nightfall illumined the whole garden with a beauteous light.

  41. Soon a curtain of flame was defined against the dark background of the sky, and through the openings the plain appeared illumined by great moving reflections.

  42. The valley of the Colorado was already growing dim in the increasing twilight; the elevations of land, the crags and the peaks, illumined by the rays of the sun, gradually faded, and darkness covered the whole eastern slope of the Andes.

  43. Illustration: Flashes of lightning, the dazzling forerunners of a coming storm, every now and then illumined the horizon.

  44. He thought that a large animal fell a few paces from him, while the whole herd, carried along by their resistless motion, disappeared down the slopes illumined by the volcano.

  45. Night came,--the night of the new moon, only the uncertain light of the stars illumined the plain.

  46. His face, brightly illumined by the blaze, betrayed no more anxiety, and, after gazing at the first glimmers of dawn that tinged the horizon, he stretched himself beside the fire to warm his cold limbs.

  47. The adjoining mountains glowed in the light of the eruption, and the deep valleys were illumined with a vivid brightness.

  48. The dark firmament was fitfully illumined by vivid and brilliant flashes, which the waters brightly reflected, and which disclosed great rifts in the clouds.

  49. The phosphorescent light illumined the wood for the space of half a mile, and MacNabb thought he saw shadows rapidly moving along the edge of the clearing.

  50. A few flashes illumined the horizon, and a distant peal of thunder rumbled along the vault of the sky.

  51. The worthy maker of guns approached the scene of carnage, accompanied by the inmates of his dwelling, with rueful countenances, illumined by tapers, when the cause of their disquietude was soon discovered.

  52. It was already twilight beneath the oaks, although a golden light illumined their topmost boughs, and played upon the gray roof of the tower.

  53. When he saw her graceful figure leaning against the low breastwork, as, with her beautiful head half turned towards the garden, she seemed sunk in a reverie, his features were illumined by an expression of pleasure and quiet delight.

  54. She raised her head, and showed him a sweet, troubled countenance, which the early sunlight illumined with a high spiritual beauty.

  55. This applies pretty manifestly to the strongly illumined rose-red curtain which Professor Preyer's boy greeted with signs of satisfaction at the age of twenty-three days.

  56. The brilliants in the dome of the theatre intensified all the shadows, heightened all the smiles, illumined all the silken blouses and silver bangles, the flashing eyes, the general air of fĂȘte.

  57. She found the kitchen door ajar, heard voices, and then burst upon the three feebly illumined figures.


  58. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "illumined" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.