skylight

Example Sentences

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I recently put in a skylight and get lots of light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The skylight was usually secured by an alarm but that had been deactivated while the roof was being mended.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Thanks to the high ceilings and a new skylight, the attic now floods the center of the living room below with natural light.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

One occupant had to escape through the front door, and two others in a converted loft climbed through a skylight on to the roof.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik