How to Use daylight in a Sentence

daylight

noun
  • We could see daylight through the cracks in the wall.
  • Open up the curtains and let some daylight into the room.
  • They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions.
  • For pictures taken in daylight, use a different film.
  • The accident happened just after daylight.
  • As daylight fades into darkness, everyone returns to their homes.
  • Here's what to know about the end of daylight saving time this year.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Here's what to know about the end of daylight saving time 2024.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
  • For starters, its flush-glazing design maximizes the amount of daylight coming in.
    Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Lally suggested the time stamp on the video might have been incorrect due to daylight savings time.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • National park rangers advise visitors to stay on the trails and only hike during daylight hours.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Last week, a 14-year old boy was shot to death in Roxbury in broad daylight; another child was wounded but survived.
    Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • There have also been arguments that having more daylight hours benefits public safety and health.
    Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Teen Aegon stands in a castle window, naked, masturbating in broad daylight.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.
    Evan Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The latter attack occurred in broad daylight in the town of San Miguel Totolapan.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Bay Area residents, for example, had an extra 8 minutes of daylight on Thursday.
    Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Its interior is finished in maple plywood and has lots of glazing, including a skylight, which fills it with daylight, especially in the living room.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Then there are the still-lifes of remarkably unremarkable windowsill miscellanies: some random fruit and bits of studio gear transfigured by a happenstance of daylight.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp earlier Saturday took place, unusually, in broad daylight.
    Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The raid is at least the third to take place in daylight this year.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the sky is full of daylight, and these tracks were some of the busiest in the world.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • That’s the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2024
  • Despite the heat and daylight, the band found its second wind in the back half of the set.
    Caryn Rose, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • The summer solstice is the day with the longest daylight hours of the year.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 June 2024
  • Enjoy the long daylight hours and use care on any slopes.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • As the daylight waned, just a few birds lingered, surveilling for snacks.
    Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The farm is open from daylight to dark seven days a week.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
  • The vibrant minty-lime hue doesn't just glow in daylight.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 10 July 2023
  • In the daylight, a nurse takes my blood for the fourth time in my hospital stay.
    Devin Kelly, Longreads, 26 Jan. 2023

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