How to Use edifying in a Sentence

edifying

adjective

• The British do this a lot, and it’s one of the least edifying parts of the national character.
  — Laurie Penny, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• And the most edifying source to hear that from is another sister.
  — Ramona Saviss, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
• But what does-though a thousand times more generous-isn't a whole lot more edifying.
  — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 2 July 2018
• Sometimes, what the previous owners have scribbled in the margins is at least as edifying as what the authors have to say.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2022
• One of the most edifying and delicious guides is Culinary Backstreets, which offers tours in more than a dozen markets.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• As most sightseers to the real Sistine Chapel know, the visit isn’t always edifying.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
• But in this particular moment, there are far better and more edifying ways to waste five hours.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2019
• But try to also be the person who sets in motion the situations and events that will be impactful, memorable and edifying in every way, as much for the body and mind as for the soul.
  — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• His challenge was to examine our own hearts and motives, to have honest and edifying conversations, to trust the holy spirit to enable change and to not fuel the wrong fire.
  — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2021
• But those who do seek out ‘Stuck Rubber Baby’ are in for an edifying experience.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
• Hearing his explanations for them is all the more edifying.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 4 May 2018
• In this way, Richard Jewell brings edifying contrast to the current impeachment show trials.
  — Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
• There are few days that pass when we are not reminded of technology’s power to change the world, a prospect that is sometimes frightening, but more often edifying.
  — Martin Boyd, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• Evans’s pictures of a bygone era offer an edifying measure of our own cultural progress.
  — Philip Gefter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2016
• At the same time, monitoring the human face through technology has become the default mode of public encounter in less edifying ways.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 4 May 2021
• Sure, race is always relevant, and stories that use it as a prism are largely edifying, giving dimension to the figures in our history books.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Really, Get Back is a show about process and compromise, and the mercurial nature of creativity and the value of an edifying work-life balance.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
• Europe is girding for the return of U.S. nuclear sanctions on Iran next month, and the spectacle in Brussels isn’t exactly edifying.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 July 2018
• The idea that art is edifying, educational and generally good for us is a form of contemporary cant that has lately — and lamentably — overtaken other ideas of what art might be.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2020
• With a querying student often at his side, Conway settles either on a cluster of couches in the main room or a window alcove just outside the fray in the hallway, furnished with two armchairs facing a blackboard — a very edifying nook.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2015
• Other sketches are less edifying, such as the tangential tale of the trucking magnate who invented container shipping in 1956.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2020
• But sometimes, acknowledging the pain of your past and present in order to look ahead to a brighter future can be an even more important emotional journey to take yourself on, as Muna so elegantly proves with this edifying song.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 May 2020
• The results, as enshrined in Tracy’s status as a near-universal object of contempt (and Mr. M’s as an afterthought) aren’t especially edifying.
  — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
• Devoid of insight and ricocheting between dull vulgarity and vacuous hero worship, the show, which had its official opening Wednesday at the Longacre Theatre, is less edifying than a scroll through the archives of the tabloids.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
• Through vignettes and journal entries, Lightman offers observations in a tone that is edifying and companionable – a bonus for those of us who are not theoretical physicists like the author.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2021
• Many of us want food that comes with edifying stories—organic farming, sustainable fishing, artisanal cheesemaking—and shun the processed products of the global food industry.
  — Nicola Temple, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• The important points are all underscored in an edifying drama that nevertheless feels burdened by good intentions.
  — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021
• Usually, my friends, over my objections, preferred this to playing ball—or to other popular, if less edifying, neighborhood pursuits, such as tearing hood ornaments off parked cars.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018
• People are too interested in anything that is not uplifting, edifying.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al.com, 15 July 2019
• More edifying than Gates’s work on the innovation front is that of economist Mariana Mazzucato, an expert on innovation pathways and critic of patent hoarding.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024