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sunshine

noun US /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/

the rays of the sun

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,159 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,171 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. the rays of the sun also: sunlight, sun the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind
  2. moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities also: fair weather, temperateness
  3. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom also: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

sunshine 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 June sunshine twinkled on all the lights.

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

  • The sunshine of a fair Spring morning fell graciously on London town.

    Something New · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1

  • And Leah went out into the sunshine free, for the first time in six years.

    Little Citizens: The Humours of School Life · Myra Kelly · Chapter 1

  • The glare of the California sunshine, filtering through the canvas, became mellowed, warm and golden.

    The Adventures of Kathlyn · Harold MacGrath · Chapter 1

  • And he saw in it a long country lane, a lane of waving leaves and dancing sunshine.

    The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1

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