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Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhn-shahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn



Definition of sunshine

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from sun (n.) + shine (n.). Sunshine law in reference to U.S. open meeting legislation is recorded from 1972, from the notion of shining the light of public access on deliberations formerly held behind closed doors.
  • As in light : noun luminescence from sun or other source
  • As in LSD : noun lysergic acid diethylamide
  • As in day : noun light part of every 24 hours
  • As in daylight : noun light part of 24 hours
Example sentences :
  • There is a green meadow in the midst, on which rests a broad belt of sunshine.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Land of the sunshine, the deep blue sky, and snow-topped hills!
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Fortunately, there was just then a flood of evening sunshine in the air.
  • Extract from : « A Select Party (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Austin, with a smile on his lips, wandered out into the sunshine in search of Viviette.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • It was a glorious day, and she was like a live shadow in the sunshine.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Here and there a yellow clump of forsythia is like a spot of sunshine.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • How many of you ever think to thank God for sunshine or for reason?
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • An instant she stood motionless, the sunshine of her eyes still on me.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • So the winter slipped away, and the spring with its sunshine followed.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Just a tiny little ray of sunshine had dispelled all the gloom for a minute.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for sunshine

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