How to Use revelation in a Sentence

revelation

noun
  • The revelation that she was a drug user was not a surprise to me.
  • The book includes many shocking revelations about the mayor's personal life.
  • Revelations by the newspaper caused a scandal.
  • All of this takes a turn with the film’s main revelation.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The first of its kind, a true revelation.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The first three games have brought a revelation.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The first two discs are flecked with revelations.
    — Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean there weren’t many juicy revelations.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There weren’t any new revelations down the stretch.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • One of my mystery pet peeves is when a revelation comes out of nowhere.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This revelation is inspired in part by our case of the week.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But the revelation doesn’t drive them apart.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a hint of that kind of revelation in Brown’s new book.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Howard is a rookie pro but has been a revelation.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • His revelation, as a major star in hip-hop, was a brave one, though.
    — Essence, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Their encounter leads to a revelation that will change the world.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • All the love, all the presence, the revelations, the joy and the pain.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • For some 50-plus dads, work from home has been a late-life revelation.
    — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2020
  • That’s the revelation at the center of this project.
    — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 26 June 2026
  • And the revelations didn’t stop there.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The novel ends with the revelation of the Stasi file of the man.
    — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
  • That kind of revelation might lead to new ways to prevent or treat the disease.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
  • But at the end of the hearing, the judge circled back to the new revelation.
    — Jeremy Barr, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But a much bigger revelation was lying in wait — and on the floor.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Read on and receive some rural revelations for your next trip across the pond.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
  • This was a huge and shocking revelation to me — someone who thought her eyes were open.
    — Kate T. Parker, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2019
  • The biggest revelation was that few people knew how to search their email.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2019
  • That likely isn’t a new revelation to him.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Jones is a revelation as the aggrieved niece who’s forced to care for her uncle’s kids.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That's the revelation the brand is counting on.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 24 June 2026

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