How to Use daylight in a Sentence

daylight

noun
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  • We could see daylight through the cracks in the wall.
  • Open up the curtains and let some daylight into the room.
  • They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.
  • For pictures taken in daylight, use a different film.
  • The accident happened just after daylight.
  • As daylight fades into darkness, everyone returns to their homes.
  • The raid is at least the third to take place in daylight this year.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the sky is full of daylight, and these tracks were some of the busiest in the world.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • That’s the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2024
  • There may be a chance to add some daylight to the process.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Despite the heat and daylight, the band found its second wind in the back half of the set.
    — Caryn Rose, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • Here's what to know about the end of daylight saving time in 2024.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Men have even been snatched from their cars or the streets in broad daylight.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Here's what to know about the end of daylight saving time 2024.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The summer solstice is the day with the longest daylight hours of the year.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 June 2024
  • Enjoy the long daylight hours and use care on any slopes.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Here's what to know about the end of daylight saving time this year.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
  • As the daylight waned, just a few birds lingered, surveilling for snacks.
    — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The farm is open from daylight to dark seven days a week.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
  • The vibrant minty-lime hue doesn't just glow in daylight.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 10 July 2023
  • They could be seen emerging from the graves in broad daylight.
    — Ben Okri, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • In the daylight, a nurse takes my blood for the fourth time in my hospital stay.
    — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The first act was in daylight, and the second in the dark, with 300 paper lanterns glowing.
    — Marshall Heyman, Town & Country, 23 June 2022
  • On the last Friday of daylight time, the light seemed to leave the sky without the fanfare that might have been hoped for.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The city will receive 12 hours and 2 minutes of daylight that day.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
  • And make sure to get out in the daylight when the sun is out, to boost melatonin production.
    — House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2023
  • When the length of daylight the body is exposed to each day changes, the cells and neurons within the SCN evolve and change.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022
  • In the daylight, Mr. Hines returned to the forest with a shovel.
    — Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • The changing declination also defines the daily arc that the sun takes across the sky, thereby accounting for the length of daylight.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • These lamps emit bright light that’s meant to mimic daylight and have been proven to improve depression symptoms in people with seasonal affective disorder (also known as SAD).
    — Jamie Ballard, Allure, 4 Feb. 2025

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