How to Use daylight in a Sentence

daylight

noun
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  • We could see daylight through the cracks in the wall.
  • Open up the curtains and let some daylight into the room.
  • They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.
  • For pictures taken in daylight, use a different film.
  • The accident happened just after daylight.
  • As daylight fades into darkness, everyone returns to their homes.
  • The raid is at least the third to take place in daylight this year.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Enjoy the long daylight hours and use care on any slopes.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • As the daylight waned, just a few birds lingered, surveilling for snacks.
    — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The farm is open from daylight to dark seven days a week.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
  • The vibrant minty-lime hue doesn't just glow in daylight.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 10 July 2023
  • On the last Friday of daylight time, the light seemed to leave the sky without the fanfare that might have been hoped for.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The city will receive 12 hours and 2 minutes of daylight that day.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
  • And make sure to get out in the daylight when the sun is out, to boost melatonin production.
    — House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The shift to daylight time causes sleep loss only once a year.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That suit was not for broad daylight or early in the morning.
    — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • The study also found that fire use was used to extend daylight.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In the summer, daylight shines for up to 21 hours on this one-mile, car-free hideaway in Breiðafjörður Bay.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Conversely, the winter solstice sees the fewest hours of daylight and is known as the shortest day of the year.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But for most of the daylight hours temperatures ranged from the upper 30s to the lower 40s.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Large daylight, walkout and flat home sites are available and all fit a three-car garage.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • But with hours left before the clock runs out, much daylight remains between the two sides.
    — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Solar summer is the quarter of the year between May 5 and August 5 with the most daylight.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • The objects of our fantasies often do not hold up well in daylight.
    — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The enormity of the destruction came into view in the daylight.
    — Sam Metz and Mosa'ab Elshamy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • But the religious leaders can't arrest him in broad daylight while the crowds are near.
    — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • At the equator, an equinox results in about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night, according to NASA.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Simply put, the hours of daylight increase and mark one more day closer to summer.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In the daylight, Arturo Diaz tried to explain it all to his daughters in a way their young minds could grasp.
    — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The famous poet agreed to meet them in daylight at the Little Shrimp, a restaurant attached to the hotel.
    — Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023

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