sunbeam

Example Sentences

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Kristin Chenoweth is a dazzling performer—a sunbeam who shines so brightly when she steps on a Broadway stage you might be tempted to reach for sunglasses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

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

She is poised and immaculate, and has the kind of charismatic sunbeam dazzle of the very famous and assured.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2017

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