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Antonyms for sunlight


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhn-lahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌnˌlaɪt



Definition of sunlight

Origin :
  • c.1200; see sun (n.) + light (n.).
  • As in sun : noun brightest star
  • As in day : noun light part of every 24 hours
  • As in daylight : noun light part of 24 hours
Example sentences :
  • When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The ailanthus tree waved in the sunlight before the little house.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Either the sunlight or the shadow of the Republic must fall on her without intermission.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • But when we went back to the car he said to me that he would help me to get back into the sunlight.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Beneath them the sword blades of the tribesmen glinted in the sunlight.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The blue steel flickered in the sunlight, then down it fell, and lo!
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Biddy shuddered, "Let's go out into the sunlight again, as quick as ever we can!"
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • No sunlight ever made her blink, or screw her face into wrinkles.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • I have been so accustomed to you that to leave you will seem like moving into darkness out of sunlight.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • And ever after that they wept sweet tears of amber, clear as sunlight.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

Synonyms for sunlight

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