see daylight

Example Sentences

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It dawns on him that he’s in a new, bizarre, just-for-him reality, and he won’t see daylight until he can spot the anomalies in each go-round.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

They could not see daylight and had no way to work out if it was day or night.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Barely two months later, the Nittany Lions have plummeted into a hole so deep they can barely see daylight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But it reflects the perspective of enough of the city's electorate that Adams can still see daylight and appears determined not to quit.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024

I can’t see daylight because the soles of shoes cover every inch of glass above us.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth