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sunlight
[ suhn-lahyt ]
noun
- the light of the sun; sunshine.
sunlight
/ ˈsʌnlaɪt /
noun
- the light emanating from the sun
- an area or the time characterized by sunshine
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Derived Forms
- ˈsunlit, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
But the sunlight is threatening to fade and a three-and-a-half-hour river journey back to Kisangani looms.
Is it halal if the animal lives a miserable life while never seeing sunlight?
And as we left, spears of sunlight painted the top of the nearby volcano Galeras.
We headed out soon after, back into the sunlight-dappled gardens of the temple complex, to join worshippers picnicking.
Miles beneath the surface, in the absence of sunlight, animals derive energy from volcanic vents.
"We are going into the sunlight, out of the shadow;" and she glanced back at the west, which was of a slaty blackness.
For two consecutive seasons he lived in the sunlight of Mademoiselle Duvigne's presence.
It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.
She welcomed them with all the native hospitality, as she would have opened her door to let the sunlight in.
The brilliant imaginative mind has woven it into romance, making its colors brighter still with the sunlight of inspired phantasy.
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