How to Use sunlight in a Sentence

sunlight

noun

• 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 three of us tramped through stands of alder and shafts of sunlight.
  — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
• Past the brunch rush, the sunlight starts melting the clouds away.
  — Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• The sunlight through the café windows moved gaily and bounced.
  — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• Does your home lack the sunlight needed for herbs to thrive?
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• The last one is to go outside and get 15 minutes of sunlight.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 July 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
• The snake plant will thrive in any kind of light from bright direct sunlight to very low light.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
• That said, do not leave them out to dry in direct sunlight.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
• States in the Midwest and Northeast have the least amount of sunlight in winter months.
  — USA Today, 5 Nov. 2022
• 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
• As nights get longer and there's less sunlight in the fall, leaves stop making chlorophyll.
  — Meira Gebel, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
• 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
• The ice cream giveaway amounts to 50 pints of ice cream per minute of sunlight that day, the summer solstice.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2024
• In the big room, the burgundy canoe shone, caressed by sunlight.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• When the paper dries, hold it up in the sunlight or near a lamp to see the science magic happen!
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 22 May 2024
• 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
• With the sunlight dappling through the silvery leaves of the tree, the koala began climbing higher in search of fresh leaves.
  — Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
• The water here is just above freezing,and no sunlight reaches it.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• Make a small hole in one sheet and allow sunlight to pass through it onto the second sheet, which acts as a screen.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
• For in-ground, select a site that is weed-free and receives four to six hours of daily sunlight.
  — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
• Stay out of direct sunlight or wear a wide-brimmed hat for sun protection.
  — William Truswell, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
• Under this resolution, passed by the Ohio House, switching to permanent daylight saving time would increase the hours of sunlight in the evenings during the winter months, which helps combat mental health issues, Creech said.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024