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sunlight

noun US /ˈsʌnlaɪt/

the rays of the sun

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,958 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,544 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. the rays of the sun also: sunshine, sun the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

sunlight in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • The sunlight slipped over the polished leaves.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1

  • Hateful to me were men, The sunlight hateful!

    The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1

  • The sunlight poured upon the face of the young hunter.

    The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1

  • Did they feel these violent impulses to run, to shout, to leap and caper in the sunlight?

    Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1

  • Oh, how beautiful it was in the sunlight, and Uncle Wiggily was glad he had looked at it.

    Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1

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