revelatory
adjective
, ri-ˈve-lə-\
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eloquent, expressive, meaning, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, significant, suggestive
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Primary,’’ a revelatory account of John F. Kennedy’s 1960 victory in Wisconsin over fellow Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey. — Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, "Oscar-winning documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker dies at 94," 3 Aug. 2019 The debate was revelatory, as debates tend to be, and among the things this one revealed was a Kamala Harris who adhered to the comfortable belief that Americans understand the tough lives of politicians, and that all’s fair in these contests. — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, "Kamala Harris’s Debate Victory Proves Pyrrhic," 10 July 2019 They are populated by characters with lives, sometimes revelatory, other times tragic, but most of the time honest, that go on even when Peter Parker isn’t on the page or screen. — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, "How 'Far From Home' Gets Spider-Man Comics Right," 7 July 2019 The first revelatory big bang came in 1950, when music student Jim Newman met fellow Stanford freshman Walter Hopps. — Los Angeles Times, "The 1960s Dilexi Gallery, raw and radical, gets brought back to life," 30 July 2019 His sweet sound, rhythmic prowess and improvisational brio turn every performance into a revelatory journey. — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, "A wave of great jazz singers is headed for the Bay Area," 17 July 2019 Carr, in what feels like a revelatory move for a documentarian investigating a true-crime case, never seems to come down on a single side or offer up a finite conclusion. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Cultural Fault Lines of I Love You, Now Die," 10 July 2019 That was revelatory information for Edward Verhamme, an environmental engineer with LimnoTech whose projects frequently involve the Great Lakes. — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, "Weather radar captures billions of mayflies hatching on Lake Erie," 5 July 2019 By publishing a revelatory newsletter, meeting with city officials and organizing actions, marches and speeches, members of Vanguard raised awareness about the conditions faced by those on the streets. — Scott W. Stern, Time, "Sex Workers Are an Important Part of the Stonewall Story, But Their Role Has Been Forgotten," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'revelatory.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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