sunbeam
Example Sentences
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It was a sunbeam of grace in the confrontational hellscape we call modern society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
As Voyager 1 raced past Neptune on its way out of the Solar System, it turned its cameras back towards Earth and photographed a tiny speck, gleaming in a sunbeam.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
If you’re in the car and your phone is sitting on the passenger seat in a sunbeam, you’ll notice how much faster your battery drains.
From Fox News ● Oct. 24, 2021
Candy glides through this novel like a sunbeam.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
On the day after our aquarium visit, we walked into Mrs. Turton’s classroom and saw a quote on the blackboard: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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