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divulge

Meaning

To make known or reveal something previously secret or unknown.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He clutched the letter, his hands shaking. He didn't want to tell her, to divulge the truth about their father. But the worry on her face made it impossible to keep the secret any longer.

The old mapmaker clutched a rolled parchment, his knuckles white. He’d guarded the location of the Whispering Falls for years, sworn to secrecy. But now, seeing the desperation in the elder's eyes, he knew he couldn't keep it hidden any longer. He would finally divulge its location.

She clutched the worn letter, her knuckles white. He begged her not to divulge the contents, her heart aching at the plea. If she told anyone what was inside, it would ruin everything they'd worked for.

Barnaby the badger loved his secret snack stash. He’d never divulge where he hid the yummy crunchy beetles. But then, a nosy squirrel saw him and wouldn't stop asking. Barnaby, tired of the chatter, finally decided to reveal his treasure's location, just to get some peace.

Barnaby Buttonsworth, a man whose socks were perpetually mismatched, refused to divulge the secret ingredient in his award-winning pickled onions. Rumors swirled, from unicorn tears to the giggles of tiny gnomes. He just winked, enjoying the mystery he kept hidden from the world.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

She wrung her hands, her secret a heavy burden. Finally, she took a shaky breath and decided to divulge the truth, hoping for understanding rather than judgment.

After weeks of painstaking work, Elias finally looked up from the intricate model. He couldn't bear to divulge the secret ingredient for the sentient moss, fearing it would be exploited. The weight of its discovery felt too heavy to share.

The old map was tucked away in a dusty chest, its secrets guarded for generations. After weeks of pleading, my grandfather finally agreed to divulge its location, his weary eyes holding the weight of history. I held my breath, knowing this information was never meant for just anyone.

My cat, Bartholomew, has a secret talent: he can balance a whole pizza on his head. He always tries to hide it when I come around, but one day, I caught him. He looked so guilty, as if I'd somehow managed to *divulge* his deepest, cheesiest ambition.

Bartholomew, the prize-winning giant snail, refused to divulge the secret ingredient in his award-winning slime. Rumor had it he blended artisanal cheese curds with his tears of joy, but Bartholomew just winked his eye-stalks, leaving the judges guessing.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

She clutched the worn letter, her knuckles white. Finally, after weeks of agonizing silence, she would divulge the truth, the hidden details that had weighed so heavily on her conscience. The confession would change everything.

She couldn't bear the silence any longer, the weight of her deception pressing down. Finally, tears streaming, she chose to divulge the location of the misplaced meteorite shard to the anxious geologists, hoping for forgiveness.

Elara gripped the cold metal of the console, her knuckles white. She couldn't divulge the location of the dormant biomech cluster; the council would have her head. Years of keeping its existence secret, a burden she carried alone, now threatened to shatter her fragile peace.

The spy, despite her training and stoic demeanor, accidentally divulged the location of the secret lair while trying to explain the complex plot of her favorite romance novel. She then blushingly admitted that her true weakness wasn't interrogation, but rather poorly written dialogue and an excess of dramatic pauses.

Reginald, a notorious garden gnome smuggler, refused to divulge the secret location of his prized gnome colony. Whispers suggested they lived in a miniature replica of the Eiffel Tower, complete with tiny accordion-playing hedgehogs, but Reginald merely chuckled, clutching his tiny, spade-shaped briefcase.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

He hesitated, the weight of the clandestine information pressing on his conscience. To divulge it would shatter reputations, yet his reticence felt like a betrayal. He knew he couldn't keep this terrible truth veiled much longer.

After months of clandestine operations and painstaking reconnaissance, Agent Thorne hesitated, the weight of compromised intelligence pressing down. Finally, with a weary sigh, he decided to divulge the enemy's intricate communication network, knowing this revelation would irrevocably alter the geopolitical landscape.

The investigator’s stoic facade finally fractured. After weeks of relentless probing, he hesitated, the profound burden of the unknown etched onto his countenance. He knew, with agonizing certainty, that to divulge the client's clandestine activities would unleash a torrent of irreversible consequences upon their entire syndicate.

Bartholomew, a notorious bibliophile, refused to divulge the location of his clandestine reading nook, a sanctuary wherein he’d squirrel away pre-publication galleys. His reticence stemmed from a profound fear of philistines despoiling its sanctity with their plebeian palates, thus jeopardizing his meticulously curated hoard of esoteric tomes.

Bartholomew, a connoisseur of artisanal cheesecloth, refused to divulge the arcane fermentation process behind his award-winning Stilton, preferring instead to let the pungent aroma speak volumes. His recalcitrance frustrated the burghers, who clamored to learn his secrets, but Bartholomew remained as unyielding as a perfectly aged Gorgonzola.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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