How do you use the word "revelation" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "revelation": It was a revelation to me. His extensive knowledge of music was a revelation to us.

Revelation Meaning

/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act of revealing or disclosing.

nounSomething that is revealed.

Sentence Examples

It was a revelation to me.

His extensive knowledge of music was a revelation to us.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

disclosure revealing

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The secret document provided a shocking ____ about the company's illegal past.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ that the company had been falsifying its accounts sent shockwaves through the financial markets.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”); by surface analysis, revelate + -ion.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Magicians talk about the revelation at the end of a trick." — 2007, Paul Zenon, Cool Card Tricks: Techniques for the Advanced Magician, page 58:

"The revelaciõ of Jeſus Chꝛiſte / which god gave vnto hĩ / foꝛto ſhewe vnto his ſervaunt[es] thyng[es] which muſte ſhoꝛtly come to paſſe." — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Revelacion off Sanct Jhon the Devine j:[1], folio cccxxj, verso:

"But it was much more than a mere ship. Its systems, processes, and technology were so advanced that they dwarfed every accomplishment of the Citadel species. Its grandeur and complexity rivaled the greatest creations of the Protheans—the mass relays and the Citadel. It may have even surpassed them. And if Saren could learn and understand how it worked, he could seize all that power for himself. He’d spent his entire life preparing for a moment like this. Everything he’d ever done—his military service, his career with the Spectres—was only a prelude to this revelation. Now he had found his true purpose; destiny had led him here." — 2007, Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect: Revelation, Del Rey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 320–321:

"The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications." — 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

"This does not mean that God has difficulty overcoming obstacles; if one questions whether revelation is ‘a simple matter’, this need not refer to whether or not God has to exert himself greatly to overcome these obstacles, or whether he is grieved or suffers in some way to overcome these obstacles." — 2008, Rolfe King, Obstacles to Divine Revelation: God and the Reorientation of Human Reason, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:

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