SUNLIGHT in a Sentence

Learn SUNLIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

141 example sentences for SUNLIGHT, such as:

1. The sea shimmered in the sunlight.
2. The calm sea glistened in the sunlight.
3. The sea reflected back the bright sunlight.
4. The sunlight reflected from the surface of the lake.
5. The sunlight slanted through the windows into the room.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUNLIGHT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sunlight
 n.  rays of the sun
Classic Sentence: (110 in 8 pages)
1  When warmth began to radiate from the stove, and the first ray of sunlight lay on the kitchen floor, Ethan's dark thoughts melted in the mellower air.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  The day was warm for April and the golden sunlight streamed brilliantly into Scarlett's room through the blue curtains of the wide windows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  Scarlett shivered as she watched him run down the walk to the carriage, his saber glinting in the feeble winter sunlight, the fringe of his sash dancing jauntily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  Pin points of sunlight came in through minute holes in the shades and about the edges.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
5  The bright glare of morning sunlight streaming through the trees overhead awakened Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  Blinking in the sunlight, her eyes fell on Melanie and she gasped, horrified.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  She rose unsteadily, her hand at her throat and looked down at her father in the morning sunlight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  Her head was hammering and throbbing and the bright, sunlight stabbed into her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  The bright sunlight in the front yard suddenly clouded and the trees blurred through tears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  Melanie sat shivering in the morning sunlight and covered her ears against the sickening series of thuds as the dead man's head bumped down the porch steps.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  The sergeant turned it in his hand, held the hilt up to the sunlight to read the engraved inscription.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  When she opened her eyes she was lying on the back porch, her head pillowed comfortably on Melanie's lap, and the afternoon sunlight was shining on her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  The walls were covered with rich dark paper, the ceilings were high and the house was always dim, for the windows were overdraped with plum-colored plush hangings that shut out most of the sunlight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  She went crimson at the memory and, pulling the bed covers up about her neck, lay bathed in sunlight, trying to sort out the jumbled impressions in her mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
15  Her maid had kindled a little fire on the hearth, and it contended cheerfully with the sunlight which slanted across the moss-green carpet and caressed the curved sides of an old marquetry desk.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
16  Protect your child from direct sunlight by using a sunscreen.
17  The sunlight slanted through the windows into the room.
18  The sea shimmered in the sunlight.
19  The calm sea glistened in the sunlight.
20  The sea reflected back the bright sunlight.
21  The sunlight reflected from the surface of the lake.
22  The bright sunlight eventually might dispel the morning mist.
23  The opaque window shade kept the sunlight out of the room.
24  We could see the morning sunlight illuminate the pinnacle while the rest of the mountain lay in shadow.
25  Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.
26  The sunlight filtering through the screens created a dappled effect on the wall.
27  A ray of sunlight illuminated every filament of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.
28  The solar cell can convert the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
29  Chlorophyll is a green substance in plants that absorbs energy from sunlight and helps them grow.
30  The crystal can refract the rays of sunlight so they formed a beautiful pattern on the wall.