sunlight
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
- the rays of the sun also: sunshine, sun the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind
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.
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The sunlight slipped over the polished leaves.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Hateful to me were men, The sunlight hateful!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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The sunlight poured upon the face of the young hunter.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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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
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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