Revelatory is an English word with synonyms like indicative or significative. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Revelatory in a sentence
Revelatory meaning
- Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation.
- Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
Synonyms of Revelatory
Using Revelatory
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation. | Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
- Useful related words include: indicative, indicatory, significative, suggestive.
- In the example corpus, revelatory often appears in combinations such as: and revelatory, is revelatory, revelatory but.
Context around Revelatory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Revelatory
- In this selection, "revelatory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recent, self, presented, cinematic, depiction and story stand out and add context to how "revelatory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more revelatory picture of and a recent revelatory article by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "revelatory" sits close to words such as acrimony, aerosmith and albus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with revelatory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's not revelatory but it is entertaining. (8 words)
At least for now, be forthright and revelatory. (8 words)
Few are revelatory, but almost all of them are entertaining. (10 words)
The records enabled ProPublica’s Eric Umansky and me to publish a revelatory story that exposed how the FID failed to probe key moments in the Trawick incident, including when one officer tried to stop his partner from shooting the man in crisis. (43 words)
This isn’t going to be revelatory by any means, but I think the reality is that Trump connects to a certain segment of society – blue-collar, White men in particular – on a visceral level that isn’t easily countered. (40 words)
Or rather, here’s a more revelatory picture of the sport from back then: when Nsubuga went on his first tour, the term T20 was still half-a-decade away from being thrown in the ECB boardrooms. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
First premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s documentary film is a revelatory cinematic inquisition into the mesmerizing horror of man’s interior world.
Telling Ahsby's story without any judgment or condemnation, allows the camera to find the truth within, presenting a layered and revelatory depiction of a pivotal figure in Hollywood's New Age.
The records enabled ProPublica’s Eric Umansky and me to publish a revelatory story that exposed how the FID failed to probe key moments in the Trawick incident, including when one officer tried to stop his partner from shooting the man in crisis.
This introduction is revelatory because it shines new light on God’s commands through the eyes of Christ.
This sordid tale, now 43 years old, was the subject of a recent revelatory article, by Peter Baker, in the 19 March 2023 New York Times (NYT).
Yet, despite the ambiguity, her acting choices are as revelatory as they are impressive: a lisping voice that assertively croaks in front of Elizabeth and pathetically whimpers behind the scenes in the bedroom with Joe.
It is not a coincidence that this revelatory experience was occurring at a time in my life when my faith journey was also beginning to take shape more fully.
It's not revelatory but it is entertaining.
None of this will be revelatory to those involved in preparing United for a new campaign.
Not only do you become more adept in the small, self-revelatory nuances of what others say, but you also learn who they are.
Of course, the character is nothing like Natalie is as an actress, and the subtleties and nuance she brings to the performance are revelatory.
Or rather, here’s a more revelatory picture of the sport from back then: when Nsubuga went on his first tour, the term T20 was still half-a-decade away from being thrown in the ECB boardrooms.
Readers will certainly be delighted with that decision, which spawned Giles’ first nonfiction book, an incisive and revelatory memoir released earlier this month.
The exploration of dreaming left me with things that were revelatory.
There are multiple mysteries here and sometimes the furious clash of styles makes for revelatory sparks and sometimes it does not.
This isn’t going to be revelatory by any means, but I think the reality is that Trump connects to a certain segment of society – blue-collar, White men in particular – on a visceral level that isn’t easily countered.
This is the most revelatory part of the book, as we witness her physical and emotional rise to recovery from all those years of drug addiction and the illegal means she used to obtain them.
At least for now, be forthright and revelatory.
Few are revelatory, but almost all of them are entertaining.
Foreign journalists visitng Azerbaijan with the support of the Global Journalism Council have presented revelatory materials in the media outlets where they work, Report says.
Common combinations with revelatory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and revelatory 4×
- is revelatory 3×
- revelatory but 3×
- be revelatory 3×
- most revelatory 3×
- revelatory and 3×
- of revelatory 3×
- as revelatory 2×
- revelatory as 2×
- are revelatory 2×