Examples of sunlight in a Sentence
Sunlight streamed through the windows.
let's raise the shades and let in some sunlight
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Several new varieties on the market can even work in sites with just a few hours of sunlight a day.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
This phenomenon happens because blue light undergoes stronger atmospheric scattering than red light, and as a result, red is the most dominant color as sunlight passes through our atmosphere and casts light on the moon.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Why some cold-weather animals developed this adaptation and others didn’t is less well understood, but the change appears to be set off by the changing number of sunlight hours in the day as winter approaches (called a photoperiod), Rumble said.
—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Fruit trees need to be pruned to remove dead, diseased, or damaged branches and thin out any that are rubbing or crossed to allow air and sunlight to reach the inner limbs.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
This phenomenon happens because blue light undergoes stronger atmospheric scattering than red light, and as a result, red is the most dominant color as sunlight passes through our atmosphere and casts light on the moon.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Why some cold-weather animals developed this adaptation and others didn’t is less well understood, but the change appears to be set off by the changing number of sunlight hours in the day as winter approaches (called a photoperiod), Rumble said.
—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Fruit trees need to be pruned to remove dead, diseased, or damaged branches and thin out any that are rubbing or crossed to allow air and sunlight to reach the inner limbs.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Sunlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunlight. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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