How to Use skylight in a Sentence

skylight

noun
  • The kitchen skylight and french doors flood the room with light.
    — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 7 June 2022
  • Above it, a skylight opened up to the grey Parisian skies.
    — Vogue, 8 July 2024
  • More than once, flames leapt out of the ship’s skylights.
    — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The friend fell through the skylight into the metal shop and was killed.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2022
  • The colors changed to match the sun coming through the chapel’s skylight.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The horse stood, closed his eyes in what morning light came through the glass of the rusty skylights in the roof.
    — Ali Smith, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Of course, a large skylight on the top floor doesn’t hurt, either.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Off the hall are stairs with a skylight that lead to the penthouse bedroom.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The skylight overhead lets in plenty of light to keep the space warm and bright.
    — New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In the rainy season, a skylight above the bed will keep you attuned to the shifting of the clouds.
    — Vogue, 22 Oct. 2021
  • On the floor of the terrace is a glass cutout that serves as a skylight to the main event space below.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • There’s also a skylight that runs for a full 100 feet along the entire length of the home.
    — David Kaufman, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Through the loft's skylight, a column of sun streamed down on our heads.
    — Andrew Richdale, GQ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • French doors lead to the living room, bathed in light from skylights.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Those skylights needed to be rigged to open in time with the audio.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The airy space has 15-foot ceilings and a skylight to keep the light flooding in by day.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Sun shines through the skylight above, transforming the piece as the hours slip by.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
  • The cozy home office across the hall has two skylights, a closet and a wet bar.
    — Linda Hingham, courant.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The office up at the top has a low glass wall, and then there are skylights behind it.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The heavy rainfall had pooled atop the roof and was leaking through a skylight above the stairwell.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • There’s an open floor plan, a skylight and a loft bedroom.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
  • There is plenty of sun thanks to two walls of windows and a skylight.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The builder ensured that the kitchen at the back of the house was light and bright by adding skylights as part of the renovation.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Area rugs, mirrors, and warm-toned wood make the most of the sun coming through these skylights.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the first-floor restaurant is covered with a glass skylight.
    — Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The rooms with skylights and cathedral ceilings are bright and airy.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Her face was blanched by the screen, the walls by the light pollution that burned off in the night to settle, like ash, through the skylight.
    — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • That capsule saw the light of day again coming through the skylight at the mall's food court on Thursday.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The plans also include a retractable skylight, a pool and a rooftop deck.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The primary suite is located on the first floor and has its own living room, as well as access to the backyard, a massive walk-in closet, and a sumptuous bathroom with skylights.
    — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

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