How to Use illustrative in a Sentence

illustrative

adjective

• Will the bird be a handy illustrative prop in the process?
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
• The fact that this has been the World Cup of the set piece, penalty kick and own goal is illustrative.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 8 July 2018
• The way the Jaguars and Rams arrived at the top of the league is illustrative of the coming coaching carousel.
  — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• The case of the Marie-Jeanne, a motor launch that broke down off the Seychelles in 1953, is illustrative.
  — Luc-Christophe Guillerm, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2021
• That up-and-down series of events was illustrative of how the talks moved.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• The back and forth is illustrative of the angst-ridden debate going on across the state.
  — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
• This is a small thing but illustrative of the point: Nicky Lopez wore No. 3 in the minor leagues, but changed to No. 1 as a big leaguer.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 4 June 2019
• Marx claimed that the group was illustrative of how often adults cross the border with children who are not theirs.
  — Tyler Olson, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2021
• But the gestures and dialogue are far more illustrative of the era and the art of TV comedy.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2017
• At the same time, the episode was also entirely illustrative of how The Discourse had evolved.
  — Nathaniel Friedman, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2019
• The final day of racing was illustrative of the event’s spirit.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2021
• Pieces of that figure were illustrative, something that was not made crystal clear at the time.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2018
• The most illustrative example of how this has played out in the last year might well be Narragansett.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• The last one, perhaps, is not only the most convincing but the most illustrative.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2022
• At a point in the river where boats can go no farther, there are five islands that contain some of the world's largest and most illustrative rock art.
  — Dr Philip Riris, National Geographic, 7 Dec. 2017
• The other films were illustrative of how truth can be compromised in its retelling.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
• Whether myth or not, the notion that lemmings will follow a herd off cliffs — an old Wall Street metaphor — is illustrative.
  — Nancy Tengler, USA TODAY, 7 June 2021
• Our 10 most popular baking recipes of the year are illustrative of that range.
  — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• Dan is illustrative of the new type of CFO who can see around the corners and can understand the business at a broader level.
  — Jack McCullough, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• Enlarge / Squeeze where the illustrative green dots are to mute and unmute yourself.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
• The clip is constructed from durable acrylic and features a fun illustrative pickle that keeps hair in place.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• But Esparza-Brown said the episode was illustrative of her experience for four years as the lone person of color on the board.
  — oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2021
• The episode is illustrative of the divide not just in Newberg but across Oregon and the U.S. as school boards have become ground zero for culture wars.
  — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
• There are two stories in two different states that are illustrative of what that means.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 16 Oct. 2017
• His approach to the health-care issue was illustrative.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The space brawl is illustrative of the modern state of American human spaceflight in a couple of ways.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2021
• In terms of intangibles, the head-to-head matchup was illustrative in many ways, affirming what makes each player tick on the court.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• In that, The Courage to Be Free may be less illustrative as an accurate slice of history, and instead should be seen as a forecast for what's to come.
  — Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 3 Mar. 2023
• The History for Everyone post is illustrative of a lot of the content that’s come across my feed — uncanny, bizarre, but also seemingly benign.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• Or were her emotions in fact the puppets, forced to act out an illustrative action-adventure in allegorical space?
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024