REVEAL in a Sentence

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339 example sentences for REVEAL, such as:

1. I cannot reveal it, or divide it.
2. I'm not at liberty to reveal any names.
3. Secret files reveal an Oxford spy ring.
4. I cannot reveal the identity of my source.
5. The doctors did not reveal the truth to him.

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 Meanings and Examples of REVEAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reveal
 v.  make known; disclose or show
Classic Sentence: (187 in 13 pages)
1  It transpired after a confused five minutes that the man had heard Gatsby's name around his office in a connection which he either wouldn't reveal or didn't fully understand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  Better to fast and pray upon it; and still better, it may be, to leave the mystery as we find it, unless Providence reveal it of its own accord.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
3  They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendour, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong to one another.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
4  "I must reveal the secret," answered Hester, firmly.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
5  Now, why the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale considered it so very fortunate we hesitate to reveal.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
6  I am empowered to mention that it is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand by word of mouth to yourself.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
7  If that sleepy old court could rouse itself, and present in any visible form the daydreams I have had in it about Dora, it would reveal my truth.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
8  I cannot reveal it, or divide it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 62. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
9  Kitty did not answer, not because she had nothing to say, but because she did not care to reveal her secret thoughts even to her father.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 34
10  He waited in stupor of mind till it should lift and reveal what it had hidden.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  I am sure that there is something on her mind which the time of exact sunset will reveal.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  As it had revealed to him his own body, so it would reveal to him his own soul.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
13  But the artistic temperament that they create, or at any rate reveal, is still more to me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
14  But I know that as I worked at it, every flake and film of colour seemed to me to reveal my secret.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
15  He knew that the senses, no less than the soul, have their spiritual mysteries to reveal.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
Example Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
16  He took off his shirt to reveal his tanned torso.
17  Figures to be officially released this week reveal that long - term unemployment is still rising.
18  Her smile broadened to reveal two rows of brown stumps.
19  Microscopic examination of a cell's chromo-somes can reveal the sex of the fetus.
20  The doctors did not reveal the truth to him.
21  I'm not at liberty to reveal any names.
22  The stage lights brightened to reveal a street scene.
23  Companies should be made to reveal more about their financial position.
24  I do not propose to reveal details at this stage.
25  A wander around any market will reveal stalls piled high with vegetables.
26  The parties would not reveal the exact nature of the dispute.
27  Government employees swear an oath not to reveal official secrets.
28  I cannot reveal the identity of my source.
29  Secret files reveal an Oxford spy ring.
30  An intensive search failed to reveal any clues.