The sky was getting progresq sively darker, illuminated only occasionally by the flashes of lightning.

Given the ways that Conor's video overlapped with and occasionally illuminated his uncle's book, numerous Irish-Americans suggested that he find a way to convert it into a more professional product, and offered to help him, often as a labor of love.

This is a melancholy, autumnal group, illuminated occasionally by thin rays of hope.

The rain beat against his umbrella while lightning occasionally illuminated the faces, old houses and treetops on the street.

A headphone jack occupies the other corner of the top edge, and a home button that occasionally illuminates with a thin white line is centered on the bottom bezel.

But it is one of those tiny details in science, like the finch's beak in the study of evolution, that occasionally illuminate something profound.

Miles's own private sufferings - his still-raw grief over Grace's death, his anger at the circumstances that robbed him of his chance to finish college and leave Empire Falls behind - occasionally illuminate the transformation of the town's (and the nation's) public life.

Davinoff's voice rose out of the darkness, his face illuminated only occasionally by a passing street lamp.

Speaking volubly in fluent English, though occasionally illuminating a detail with a word in French, the 69-year-old director looked back on her career to date.

In a way, two shows played simultaneously: the musical performance made one set of points, either abstract or programmatic; Mr. Hakoshima's elegant, stylized mime occasionally illuminated the music, but more typically offered an alternative narrative.