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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