How to Use enlightened in a Sentence

enlightened

adjective

• Even an enlightened and coordinated macroeconomic policy response cannot sell products that haven’t been made or services that were never offered.
  — Carmen Reinhart, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2020
• But this very enlightened, smart friend of mine had bought it and swore by it.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021
• Soon the world would transform, the ship would take off, and only the enlightened could come along.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 18 Apr. 2018
• Kim tries to enjoy it, because that’s the enlightened thing to do.
  — Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 Sep. 2017
• Not to pick on Playboy, though; 2003 was a less enlightened time.
  — William Alden, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2019
• But the voyage to manhood in the enlightened Shavian sense also has to pay off for Eliza in the end.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• There are thousands in this group, and not one enlightened.
  — Susan Harfouche, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2018
• Who knew these two were so enlightened about raisin-to-nut ratios in trail mix?
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2018
• The teachers, staff and students took an enlightened view of us as people to learn from and guide.
  — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2022
• But The Roots have been a favorite of enlightened hip-hop fans since not long after forming in 1987.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
• Finding the right sofa is a job not even the most enlightened among us can do without a few minor headaches.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2019
• What has become of our stride for a free and dignified life in an enlightened and peaceful Europe?
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• This was a new, and altogether enlightened, view of the spoils of victory.
  — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, 6 June 2019
• How could such an injustice happen in this enlightened day and age?
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2017
• Not the enlightened cultural elites and the mainstream media, right?
  — Fox News, 13 May 2018
• Letting go of the five-day, 8-to-5 workweek has become the norm by more enlightened employers.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• When Obama did these things, he was described as enlightened.
  — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 12 June 2018
• But these were not simply the good-neighbor actions of an enlightened franchise.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Rescuing Emma from rapists is even more of a challenge because the age of consent in this not-so-enlightened era is 10.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
• One was forced to thank Xi every night for the opportunity to be so enlightened.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020
• Meanwhile that enlightened community of Web-users, that civilisation of the Mind, seemed slow to form, to say the least.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• This is where, in a more enlightened world, the education would flow in the other direction, from Mitchell to the Senate leader.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2021
• Over time, a more enlightened view took hold, and nowadays a person who dies by suicide is seen as a victim of mental illness, not as a felon.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
• On the other hand, many policies and practices that are deemed enlightened are already widespread.
  — Robert Samuelson, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019
• There are more and more enlightened leaders, like Joly, in the American private sector.
  — Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• Jamison always writes in the first person, as present as her subjects; the reader is skeptical, enlightened, and moved right along with her.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• The enlightened humanism of the director of Melvin and Howard is evident in every frame.
  — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 10 July 2018
• In the aftermath of the violence at Homestead, many came to see Carnegie as a threat to workers rather than an enlightened champion of their welfare.
  — Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
• Except eighth-grade boys these days are probably way more enlightened.
  — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• And this is the N.B.A., the most progressive league in professional sports, with the most enlightened commissioner.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024