How to Use enlightenment in a Sentence

enlightenment

noun
  • His comments failed to provide enlightenment.
  • Burke could tell him a few things about the myth of the French enlightenment.
    Itxu Díaz, National Review, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Next up in the world of enlightenment: A female head coach in the NBA.
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The tree is grown from the seed of the tree that the Buddha sat beneath to achieve enlightenment.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 June 2022
  • The tree is from the seed of the tree Buddha sat under to achieve enlightenment.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • It’s the Buddha on the path to enlightenment, Jesus and Moses in the desert, Muhammad on the mountain.
    Sarah Fay, Longreads, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The Arhats were Buddhist figures on the path to enlightenment but who stayed in this world to help others.
    Gaile Robinson, star-telegram, 8 June 2018
  • The wait didn’t result in much enlightenment on the penalty.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
  • The night sky has always been a source of wonder and enlightenment.
    Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, Twin Cities, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The sport has come out of the dark ages and is now in an age of enlightenment and opportunity.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Open Your Mind For the person in your life who could use a little enlightenment.
    David Canfield, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Across the ages, people have traveled to the farthest reaches of the world in search of solace and enlightenment.
    National Geographic, 10 May 2019
  • Everyone is welcome to this retreat on the stages of the path to enlightenment.
    courant.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • This got him fired, and that’s when his enlightenment began.
    Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The sharp turn for Saudi Arabia is the result of more than just Salman’s enlightenment.
    Justin Worland, Time, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The man and his prodigious scoring changed the league and the sport and rewrote the racial narrative, creating an enlightenment of sorts.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2022
  • That enlightenment is also their favorite part of the gig.
    Michael Dumas, AL.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Buddha, for example, gave up the rich life of a prince for enlightenment.
    William Wan, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
  • But before this sweeping creative enlightenment, and the move to New York that sparked it all, Hudson was in a dark place.
    Natalie Maher, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment.
    Maureen Dowd, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • The story sees a young man embark on a quest for Buddhist enlightenment that was the last wish of his dying father.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 July 2022
  • For instance, each of the 11 gates represent the stages leading to enlightenment.
    Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
  • What lies in front of us are two choices: enlightenment or fascism. .
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Redemption is the story arc that begins with the fallen and ends with enlightenment and involves a great many helpers along the way.
    Big Think, 14 June 2024
  • The history of the holiday starts with when the Buddha gained enlightenment and was ready to give his first teaching.
    Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 June 2022
  • Mayhem and enlightenment, in road-trip comedies, go hand in hand.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 May 2022
  • All of it is an extension of Smith’s vision — and now Wade’s — for how the Jazz should and can be run, how business should and can be done, how enlightenment should and can be shared.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 8 June 2018
  • And so, the argument goes, Islamic societies need their own enlightenment to wrest them back to the future.
    John M. Owen Iv, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2015
  • Similarly, enlightenment and wisdom arise and blossom from the murk of desire and attachment.
    Archana Venkatesan, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024

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