Sunlight
['sʌnlaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the rays of the sun; 'the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind'.
Edited by Eileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The light of the sun.
Checked by Herman
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Daylight, sunshine, day, light of day, light of heaven.
Typed by Leigh
Examples
- They watched the plane moving high and silvery and steady in the sunlight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In this order, the two come up out of Tom-all-Alone's into the broad rays of the sunlight and the purer air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But there were dark lines in that beam of broken sunlight which Newton did not notice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The sunlight poured its unclouded beauty on every object that I could see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You know that these have to be manufactured by artificial light, as exposure to sunlight always results in an explosion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Their icy and glittering peaks shone in the sunlight over the clouds. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He sat on the ground by the gypsy and the afternoon sunlight came down through the tree tops and was warm on his outstretched legs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Some of the compounds formed by the sulphurous acid bleaching process are gradually decomposed by sunlight, and in consequence the original color is in time partially restored. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He looked back and saw her standing there, the first morning sunlight on her brown face and the cropped, tawny, burned-gold hair. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And I sat there so many hours, that the shade became sunlight, and the sunlight became shade again, and still I sat there waiting for the money. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Holmes held up the paper so that the sunlight shone full upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was Miss Gage and she looked a little older in the bright sunlight and not so pretty. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The candles had long since been extinguished, and the sunlight of the new morning poured into the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have seen it many times since then, by sunlight and by moonlight, but never free from the impressions of that journey. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When sunlight enters a dark room through a small opening, the dust particles dancing in the sun show a straight ray. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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