How to Use sunlight in a Sentence

sunlight

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  • Sunlight streamed through the windows.
  • Demchenko leads the class up the long flight of stairs to the street — and sunlight.
    — Claire Harbage, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.
    — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The Tuesday shoot flew by, as sunlight poured through the big windows.
    — Megan McCrea, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • That’s the name eclipse chasers give to the sight of the last and first bead of sunlight as the sun is almost totally eclipsed.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That said, do not leave them out to dry in direct sunlight.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This trio of stained glass succulents fits the bill, with the leaves' vivid shades of yellow and green that pop in the sunlight.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 7 May 2023
  • But the question is how much longer the Malibu can pump out the jams while sitting in sunlight.
    — Jeremy White, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
  • During the spring equinox, the Northern and Southern hemispheres get around the same amounts of sunlight.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But don’t put them in direct sunlight, which will cause burns.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the big room, the burgundy canoe shone, caressed by sunlight.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Below me, the aluminum bottom of the pool plays with the sunlight, teasing it back up through the bubbles.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Crash is seen sweeping up, turning off the light to the shop and adjusting the roses as sunlight beams in from the door.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Scenes were therefore mostly shot at dawns and ends of days rather than in raw sunlight.
    — Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The person who hit the teacher said they were been blinded by sunlight at the time of the crash, WVNews.com reported.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The water here is just above freezing,and no sunlight reaches it.
    — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Many a Cal student has spent hours at one of the long tables there, with sunlight flooding in through the windows.
    — Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Store your vape cartridge in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The woman driving the car that hit the mom and two toddlers was blinded by sunlight when the crash occurred, per the reports.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Following the spring equinox, Boise will still gain more sunlight but at a slower pace.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2024
  • How to Plant Fall Bulbs Most fall bulbs prefer full sun, so choose a spot that gets at least 6 hours of direct sunlight.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon doesn’t cover the entire disk of the Sun, leaving a ring of sunlight around the Moon.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
  • Outside, the winter sunlight cast shadows on the school’s weathered brick walls.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • These flowers sprout when sunlight streams onto the forest floor, before the trees leaf out.
    — Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Because of these two traits, a pot with great drainage and some exposure to sunlight is ideal.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
  • Instead of that sunlight hitting the moon’s surface, Earth's shadow falls on it.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • There was a large window that allowed sunlight to filter in.
    — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Because this cramped, dungeon-like prison is far from the pleasures and sunlight of Elena’s palace.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Full sun is considered six or more hours of direct sunlight per day, while part sun is about half that.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023
  • Light Pampas grass does best when planted in full sun, or at least six hours of direct sunlight a day.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023

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