elucidate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with elucidate, each labelled with its topic.

• A single diagram of the folding protein elucidated what four pages of dense equations had left the students guessing.

  Science

• The lecturer elucidated Kant's argument by walking the room through a promise nobody in it intended to keep.

  Philosophy

• Counsel asked the witness to elucidate the timeline, since her three statements placed the van in different streets.

  Law

• The program notes elucidate the symphony's structure, pointing out the four-note theme that returns in every movement.

  Music

• One well-placed comment elucidated the loop, explaining why the counter started at one instead of zero.

  Technology

• A single case study elucidated the pattern: patients with damage to that region could form no new memories.

  Psychology

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