| 单词 | sunlight |
| 例句 | Milton, whom we had rarely seen in sunlight before, was suddenly out in the backyard, reading the newspaper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Looking at herself in the mirror, with the bright morning sunlight freshening even the blue room of Hill House, Eleanor thought, It is my second morning in Hill House, and I am unbelievably happy. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It was only by holding my hands at a certain angle in the sunlight that I could even see them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Hobart Street led up into one of those hollows so deep and narrow that people joked you had to pipe in the sunlight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange, deep, troubling shade of green, as if it held the sunlight rather than reflected it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of the angel’s hands was a sword, glinting in the sunlight, and in the other hand was a lantern, burning a small flame. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It’s shiny with fresh blood and glinting in sunlight even tho I’m standing in shadow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I look around, taking in the sofas stacked with wilted cushions, the creaky hardwood floors, the dust particles swirling in the sunlight. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I will not spend long in Hillsdale, she thought, looking up and down the street, which managed, even in the sunlight, to be dark and ugly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He held a ladle in his hands and blinked against the bright sunlight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Dicey took a deep breath, which tasted of dampened sunlight and moist earth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your eyes are hazel,” he says, pointing at the sunlight trickling in through the glass all around me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Despite the smoke, seeing faint glimmers of sunlight, I’m happy. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Branches overhead had been cleared away, too, not quite to the top of the bush but almost, so that the sunlight filtered through easily, and soft moss grew on the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Yellow paint with white trim made the front room hum in the sunlight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The way the branches bend overhead and bright sunlight turns to pinpoint rays of light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the collapsed sofa, and there was an owl rapping its claw on the window, a newspaper held in its beak. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z With the sunlight almost gone now, the hills of metal looked like something on an alien planet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “The early morning sunlight glistened off the white buildings in the distance.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “More sunlight! The nerve! How about less oxygen, people? Less beauty?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The cool white marble of the mosque glows in the late-afternoon sunlight. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “A lovely summer afternoon full of sunlight and sleepy scents.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And there in the sunlight stood my own husband with arms full of wildflowers for me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The leaves of the big cottonwood tree had turned pale yellow; the first sunlight caught the tips of the leaves at the top of the old tree and made them bright gold. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But now, in the bright sunlight of midday, the place looks like just another worthless patch of prairie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z For two consecutive seasons he lived in the sunlight of Mademoiselle Duvigne’s presence. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z At dawn, the sunlight went straight up in a hazy column. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z As I drove down the interstate to reach the prison, I noticed the long rays of sunlight retreating even as the heat of the Alabama summer persisted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Struggling to draw breath into lungs that felt flattened, he blinked and realized that the gaudy glare was sunlight streaming through a canopy of leaves far above him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A golden glow filled the room as the afternoon sunlight tried to force its way through the shades. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A potbellied man with thin hair, sagging jowls, and a week- old beard squinted into the sunlight. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Vibrant and clear, the sunlight glided through it, making an emerald ring of light on the wall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The teeth in their sockets like dental molds, the crude tattoos etched in some homebrewed woad faded in the beggared sunlight. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z With a book in his lap and sitting in sunlight, he looked perfectly peaceful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She watched the squares of sunlight that her windows threw on the floor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her cat eyes are bright gold in the sunlight streaming in from my balcony. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The light had been dim in the room and when the shutters were opened it was bright sunlight and I looked out on a balcony and beyond were the tile roofs of houses and chimneys. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Even the two boulders in the backyard sometimes turned to silver in the early morning sunlight. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The next day was a Saturday, and a rare dry day with occasional bursts of sunlight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It smelled sharp and bright, like sunlight and clean water, and something else that Nok couldn't name. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Pax closed his eyes against the low-glancing sunlight and did not respond. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stood in that room for a long time, watching the sunlight and listening to the sounds on the street outside. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The smoke was so thick that it billowed through the roads in drifts as wide as glaciers, dimming the sunlight until it became impossible to tell whether it was morning or midday. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The double peak of Mount Pire, far ahead, flashed in the sunlight and Shasta saw they were a little out of the course. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z At first the overcast was thin, so that the air was vaguely radiant with an even, sourceless sunlight reflected from both clouds and snow, from above and below. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Both of them sat silent on the moss-covered rock in the slant of sunlight through the old pines and thought how many tiny chances had conspired to bring them to this place. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of sunlight was the same for both. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sparkling sunlight jetted from behind him, leaving his face in the dark. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We looked and saw the body come up through the water, rolling over and over in a slow motion, reflecting the sunlight. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After a hasty breakfast of mush, the Hunters were off, eager to take advantage of the halt in the rain and the appearance of sliced sunlight through the striated clouds. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The long, narrow windows let in the sunlight, and I sit in one of the pews and look around, thinking: What now? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I walked into the bright sunlight and heat, looking for a place to hide before ducking under a dwarf tree beside the church entrance. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Sitting bolt upright, he heard the rasp of the curtains being pulled back: The dazzling sunlight seemed to poke him hard in both eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Before she could answer, a shadow fell across the sunlight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Her muscles are tight and shimmer in the sunlight. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Grace just hummed in response, the setting sunlight and wind hitting the girls’ hair so that it swirled like a dark flame around their faces, and Joaquin thought that they were beautiful, like their mother. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z How nature ran on sunlight and rain and the seasons, and how I was part of that system. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the window, wincing at the sudden invasion of sunlight. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pretty,” you said, reaching for the multicolored shards, through which sunlight skipped. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Basil stretched comfortably in the shade while Jess sat out in the sunlight, her tail, curled overhead, acting as a sunshade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z From time to time it scraped against the Wall, starting small crystalline showers of ice that sparkled in the sunlight as they fell, like shards of broken glass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Just as the tree took in the sunlight and the pig ate the acorns, the man is taking his nourishment from that natural cycle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Catherine was asleep and the sunlight was coming in through the window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The grass waves, the trees are transected by sunlight, the pack draws closer, and Werner feels annoyed: Why couldn’t Ernst be faster? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was dark and stuffy after the summer evening sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was full of sunlight, but there was mockery in her smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He found Doc Daneeka in sunlight, sitting on a high stool outside his tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I walked outside and blinked at the blue sky, sheer yellow sunlight, small breeze. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z This mild breeze, carrying the moist essence of early spring, caused a dead leaf to flutter here and there, and across the garden near the fence it moved something that sparkled in the sunlight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A few people, mostly old men, sat in the sunlight, looking at nothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we landed in a secret spot where trees and sunlight came together. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Very blond in the sunlight, once the mud and blood had been washed away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her hair, white-gold in the sunlight, hung loose down to her hips. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At last Gandalf halted and beckoned to them; and they came, and saw that beyond him the mists had cleared, and a pale sunlight shone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The sky was quite clear now and the sea gleamed in the sunlight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “How come this one walks in daylight? I thought they could only walk at night? There’s one that kept stealing some seeds from my nali’s cornfield. I think sunlight harms it.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If crops throughout the U.S., throughout the world for that matter, died from lack of sunlight, how long would New York City continue to get food? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He sat still and his words seemed to come crawling up the sunlight, over the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After purifying half a pot of water, I place it in direct sunlight and add several egg-size hot stones to the water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But on the way to the moon there is no place to hide, and the sunlight is continuous, twenty-four hours a day. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved out into the open, into the warm sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Above us, a mat of grass suspended on branches shields our faces from the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The brass band banged off around a corner, leaving the rocket to shine and dazzle alone in the sunlight. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Clint’s eyes flicker as sunlight from the skylight hits his hair just then—it looks almost golden for a second. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z A dragonfly skims over the surface, his crystal wings reflecting the sunlight. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound filled me with warmth and courage—thoughts of sunlight and a blue sky and a calm meadow, somewhere far away from the war. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I wanted it to be after, so he could have had that brief moment of escape, of sunlight, of pretended flight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We brought the chickens up from out of the root cellar to get fresh air and sunlight. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The morning came, a bright one with the tawny look of autumn in the sunlight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The room, pounding with music, was so bright with sunlight it might near put my eyes out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But what I had always thirsted for were the details: the way her hair glinted in the sunlight, her favorite ice cream flavor, the songs she liked to hum, did she bite her nails? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He stood in his long prayer shawl, its silver trim bathed in sunlight, its fringes dangling almost to the floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Where there’s sunlight and the path isn’t wet? Where it doesn’t smell like spoiled fish?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon is bright enough, but Berlin seems not to want to accept the sunlight, as though its buildings have become gloomier and dirtier and more splotchy in the months since he last visited. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As the first sunlight burned through the thin, blue mist and radiated off the blades, a prayer leader said that the Osage were a “humble people, asking for your help.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The roof was nearly complete, although Arturo pointed out a few areas where sunlight filtered through, which needed to be patched. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “All finished. You remember the rules? Try to avoid water and sunlight directly on the tattoo for two weeks while it heals. Showers are fine, but no baths or swimming.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But the hidden interior of the Sun, where sunlight is being generated, is at 40 million degrees. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Stepping out of the sunlight into the dark building temporarily blinds me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor went to the window again, but there was still sunlight slanting across the lawn. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The trees creaked in the mocking sunlight of the late afternoon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The morning sunlight was already filtering through the cracks of the shutters, but it was as silent in the big house as if even the books on the shelves were sleeping. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Back in bed, I push aside the curtain and let the sunlight spill in, brighter than any lamp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He fell headlong into sunlight, and his feet found warm ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I loved a maid as fair as summer, with sunlight in her hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Feeble sunlight pressed through the filter of clouds. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I knew the ship well enough to realize this would be our last look at sunlight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z All around me there was still the same glowing countryside flooded with sunlight. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He felt his feet leave the office floor; he was falling, falling through whirling darkness and then, quite suddenly, he was blinking in dazzling sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He'd point out the symmetric perfection of a butterfly, the sunlight shimmering on the river, and the delicate aroma of a yellow rose. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sunlight, filtering through innumerable leaves, was still hot on their faces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She looked away from Mark, out the window at the sunlight, thinking of Beau. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I lift my face and step into the last falling rays of sunlight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All their arms were out, their hands prominently displayed, their rings gleaming in the sunlight. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We leaned in the harsh sunlight on the shaky railings of the dentist’s back porch for over an hour. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The steel points of their pikes winked in the pale sunlight as the column approached. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the sparse sunlight filtering through the treetops, they glistened eerily. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Fine snow was falling through the air, glittering in the sunlight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Are you saying I have your permission, then,” asked Joon, squinting at Jinny and the sunlight behind her, “to try a different way?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z ‘It’s sunlight and bright day, right enough,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They emerged at last from the ravine into the full sunlight. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight filters through lacy hemlock needles and we stretch out on our backs, chewing the tasty twigs of a spicebush and silently admiring the forest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At intervals, diamonds of black stone were inlaid in the road, polished until they sparkled in the sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It shares roots, of course, with tending—a farmer’s or gardener’s activity—but also with tension, the stretching of a pea tendril to incline it toward sunlight or to train it on an arbor. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Sharp beams of sunlight streamed across the man’s angular face. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As he opened the heavy door and stepped out of the porch into the sunlight, two magpies rose up from the gate, and flapped through the air above his head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Miniature flowers of countless hues flourished in meadows streaked with golden-threaded sunlight. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had fallen back on her pillow asleep; she did not even wake when I had pulled up the blind and let in the sunlight which flooded the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The steel gleamed strangely bright in the wan sunlight, now red, now yellow, now blazing white. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then, one noon in August, Marie- Laure leads her great-uncle and Dr. Geffard up the long stairs and out into the sunlight and asks if it is safe to cross. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then Effie taps my shoulder, and I step out into the cold winter sunlight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He was in the middle of a great empty plain, a flat desert drenched with sunlight, across which all sounds came to him out of immense distances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She watched the shadow of the boat lengthen and the sunlight creep away from the rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to get out into the sunlight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The blade flashed in the sunlight as it began to move faster and faster in a shining arc until it crashed into the sign. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient gold coin dangled back and forth, glinting in the sunlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Without another word, they both slipped through the door and into the blazing sunlight. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They had the best spot in the house; warm sunlight streamed over them through the stained-glass windows on either side of the altar. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z When we look at the planet in the morning or evening skies, we are seeing sunlight reflected off the clouds of Venus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The alternating pattern of light and dark suggests sunlight falling through the leaves in the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Along the edges of the forest, where there’s open sunlight, there are chokecherry trees. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z All that happened was that a faint powdering of rock went up in the sunlight. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain gathered them around him in the field, in the sunlight, and read the order. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain rose, excused himself, stepped out into the sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie sat in a chair, one that she had moved so that it sat in the sunlight that filtered in from the windows. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A brass band exploded in the sunlight, flinging off a gay tune from upraised tubas and trumpets. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When she stared out at the Wood, at the trees and the sunlight and the pattern of oak leaves against the sky, it helped, if only a little. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I jumped and got a quick look at them, but it was difficult to see in the sunlight filtering through the cabin’s windows. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Forming the roof of the Pit are panes of glass and, above them, a building that lets in sunlight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The sunlight shone through the doors, illuminating the Champion’s splattered blood like stained glass. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Whenever that halo effect happened, I wanted to stare at her until the sunlight stopped, but my heart stopped before the light did. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight was hot and hard, and I crossed over beside some buildings, and walked back along side-streets to the hotel. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The young man’s head was wrenched sideways, not quite facing the flowers, and even in the shade a single blade of sunlight sparkled against the buckle of his ammunition belt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were fanned out to such a tremendous breadth that they made a canopy over the city, blocking out the sunlight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He calms himself, makes small talk with Ford, then says his good-byes and wanders out into the sunlight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z At a given time, say mid-afternoon, Cluny’s shadow would be clearly visible through the tent fabric in the bright June sunlight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When they woke, long bars of sunlight lay across the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight in the breakfast room, the south view of the city from the front parlor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You won’t find your clothes again,’ said Tom, bounding down from the mound, and laughing as he danced round them in the sunlight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A buttery ray of sunlight beamed through a crack in the roof. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Not the next morning when it rolled back around to sunlight again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The lights were on, but after being in the sunlight, he found the hallway dim...and empty. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z To the north, past the beach, the Long Island Sound glittered in the sunlight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When she stepped out from under the bridge, crossing a wedge of dusty morning sunlight, the train was making a harmless clicking suburban sound as it receded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The office overlooks the sea, and we took a minute to watch the freighters in the harbor, which was ablaze with sunlight. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “And what would be the good of that now?” he exclaimed indignantly, coming out into the sunlight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain stopped, the sky cleared, and the afternoon suddenly brimmed with sunlight. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When I was done, I lined them up in a row along the edge of the back porch, where Mamá said they’d get the most sunlight in the mornings. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The rabbit’s fur pressed through the wire, and white wisps of it floated away in the sunlight like tiny clouds. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When I closed my eyes, I could see sunlight in Lithuania, and on Andrius’s hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Sparkling blue water catches sunlight through the glass roof and walls, heating up the space inside. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Out came a skinny fox, about the size Pax had been at eight months, blinking in the sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As I sat in the sunlight, a great heaviness came over me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, under the artificial sunlight of Elysium, the Isles of the Blest glittered like emeralds in a sparkling blue lake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The cave was abruptly flooded with sunlight from above. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I find the trees especially striking, the way the rising sunlight glints off the leaves, highlighting various shades of green in different places. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the nearest window, and the wintry sunlight made a rainbow in the mist. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Even with the afternoon sunlight slanting in through the dormer windows, the farthest reaches of the attic were deep in shadow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The sunlight flickered on the mullioned windows, and there was a soft rusted glow about the stone walls where the lichen clung. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But with abundant organic matter, sunlight and perhaps volcanic hot spots, the possibility of life on Titan' cannot be readily dismissed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bed was uncomfortable,” she said simply, but quickly forgot the captain as she beheld the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I had never seen the skirt in the sunlight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched Matthew and Mark running in the sunlight, the tops of their hog boots thumping against their knees. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Her fair hair trembled with gold in the sunlight that streamed through the hall from a high window. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Here there were wooded valleys, streams, sunlight on the poplars which they could not take away unless they killed him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Seated beside Sherman at a small wooden table inside the farmhouse, he signed articles of surrender and then walked out of the dark room and into the brilliant sunlight of the North Carolina spring. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The tide, steadily on the rise, had turned about three and a half hours before, at six- thirty; by midmorning sunlight lay like a glaze over the water, warming his back pleasantly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was flat on his back, staring at the sunlight in the tree branches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Add the effects of the environment—the impact of nutrition on height, or sunlight exposure on skin color—and Fisher could imagine even more unique combinations and effects, ultimately generating perfectly smooth curves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The sunlight was clean and windless and almost hot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The tall trees stood fairly close together, diffusing the sunlight into a greenish glow laced with shadows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I liked the stained glass in the sanctuary, even though crucified Jesus was really bloody, too bloody for stained glass, I thought, all those red and magenta pieces filtering sunlight. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She seemed to have been dipped in sunlight and set here to dry. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The effect was that of stained-glass windows in sunlight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I had meant to sleep only a few hours, but I woke with a start the next morning to find sunlight pouring in and the clock reading five of nine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The hydrangea bush—or snowball bush, as we called it—on our lawn glowed in the sunlight, and I stared at it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They cruised along the streets, past families dressed for church and winos stumbling out of alleys into the bright morning sunlight. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight crept up behind Nhamo’s head and finally bathed her in uncomfortable heat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their pets—a dog named Franz, a cat named George Washington, and a house rabbit named Paganini—sprawled on the carpet, taking afternoon naps in a strip of sunlight. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Bright tropic sunlight and ocean salt breezes bathed him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We saw three or four does and the albino stag flash through the trees ahead, sunlight dappling their flanks. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z There were only a few minutes of sunlight left, and I found myself wondering why my father hadn’t yet come to see me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It glowed in the sunlight, looking like a glass of apple juice. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Seven could not remember falling asleep that night or changing out of her cloak and fighting gear, but somehow, she awoke the next day to sunlight streaming into her room. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Two of his men stepped to the towering doors and pushed them open, and Cersei walked through them into the open air, blinking at the sunlight like a mole roused from its burrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It didn't make sense that the world could roll back to sunlight again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “These trees aren’t useless. They protect the underbrush from sunlight, which keeps the soil from eroding.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When she woke up, the barn was bright with sunlight, the cat was gone, and a beautiful dark-haired boy was standing there, gaping at her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And she remembered another day too—Ess joyfully tossing her thin body up into the billowing breeze, laughing into the sunlight, and trusting it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sunlight seemed wrong, twisted out of shape, like the Boss’s neck. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All the trailers around us are gleaming in the sunlight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Shivering in the sunlight, he watched her until she was out of sight, and then he set off for home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a calm in the wind and the bright sunlight made everything stark and harsh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat up groggily, squinting in the morning sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The crowding trees withstand the drizzle as an artificial sunlight filters through the thick leaves. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I woke the next day with a start, to chill sunlight and the thump of a stereo down the hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For a fleeting second he felt that he wanted to keep it for himself, to let himself bathe in sunlight, unburdened by anything or anyone else. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A dozen stout caribou, their white necks gleaming in the sunlight, browsed in the distance; but there was nothing else. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon the crest of a hill beyond the trees and roofs and spires of town sunlight lay like a pale scrap of cloth, was blotted away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the air shimmered with excitement, and shutters closed for many years were thrown open to let the brilliant sunlight shine where it hadn’t shone in so long. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I fell asleep instantly and did not wake up until the sunlight reached my eyes this morning. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A bumblebee came zooming between them, under the grandstand and out into the sunlight “Would you like to see some real knights errant?” asked the magician slowly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze, which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z So, as the arrow topped the trees and climbed into sunlight, it began to bum against the evening like the sun itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The ball of smoke hung in the sky like a shrapnel burst, and as I watched, another rocket came up to it, trickling smoke in the bright sunlight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The sunlight disappeared, the bloodbane seizing control of her mind again, and Celaena found herself before an army of the dead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A ray of sunlight slanting through a window fell yellow on dusty tabletops. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We’re in some sort of large shed; sunlight seeps through the cracks between the warped wooden boards, and there’s a jungle of gardening implements leaning against the walls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I didn't know whether to be offended at his presumptions or relieved the storm clouds seemed to be parting, revealing blue skies and sunlight. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I walk around the backstop fence and sit down on the bench in the dugout, my back against the aluminum wall, warmed by the sunlight, and I cry. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The electricity was off again, but even in the basement apartment there was enough late-afternoon sunlight so that no candles or flashlights were needed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The twig turned, one of the leaves caught the sunlight slanting through the trees and Hazel saw it flash for an instant. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was happy to be alive and breathing; when her whole being seemed to be one with the sunlight, the color, the odors, the luxuriant warmth of some perfect Southern day. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z When he got outside, Kingshaw began to run, across the flat lawn and down the drive into the lane, exultant, afraid of nothing, racing through the sunlight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I never told Nadia how much I liked seeing the halo the sunlight made of her hair. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you. It’s good advice,” Nhamo said politely as she made sure she was surrounded by real trees and real sunlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She held a candle, shielding its flame from the draught with her hand; and the light flowed through it, like sunlight through a white shell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He held up a thing that glittered in the sunlight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then Gebu had come, a solid form blocking out the sunlight in the doorway so that everyone turned to look. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It dawned on me that the color of the sunlight was wrong. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When he opened his eyes again, his view of the tree-tops and the sunlight was blocked, by a man's head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her dæmon was fluttering around her head now, moth-formed in the bright sunlight, whispering anxiously. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d expected it to be dark inside, but the sunlight was pouring through the skylights. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In an alien northern climate he was a long way from home, but he was beautiful in morning sunlight, and so were the four dolphins that supported the wavy-edged shell on which he sat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We apply another round of medicine because the skin seems too delicate for the sunlight, but it doesn’t look half as bad on smooth skin and will be good camouflage in the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The window was the same, open only a crack, and the wan sunlight lit up the blade of a chopping knife on the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I can see the red glint of her hair in the sunlight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That home in the rock; that place sunlight got into most of the day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon sunlight dappled green and silver and gold through the leaves in the apple orchard. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside the City walls the merchants had decorated their shops with pine boughs and winterberries, and the bright sunlight reflected off freshly polished shop windows. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also squinting at me in the cold sunlight, waiting for my response, and he finally tugged a pair of sunglasses out of his pocket and put them on. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But up close, in the sunlight slanting in from the window, they’re a light golden color and so long I don’t see how they keep from getting all tangled up when he blinks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I stood under it, remembered all the times we’d climbed it, straddled its branches, our legs swinging, dappled sunlight flickering through the leaves and casting on our faces a mosaic of light and shadow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I click on a link for SOHO—the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory—and it's another satellite up there in the sunlight. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was gone again, and I felt myself getting a little angry at whoever was playing with the sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He lay on his side and stared at the orange rectangle of afternoon sunlight that shone in through the window. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The slanting sticks of sunlight were lost among the branches. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He poured a solvent on the cadaver’s upper body and set it on fire, then positioned the body on the floor in direct sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z From time to time it scraped against the Wall, starting small crystalline showers of ice that sparkled in the sunlight as they fell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her shrieks followed them all the way along the twisting alleyway out into bright sunlight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The fabric has completely faded on the side exposed to the sunlight, and whatever pattern was there is gone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A single but amazingly bright beam of sunlight had filtered through the tent door and hit him directly in the eyes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Though, soon enough, Axel knows, with Byrd’s attention, and the sunlight from the window, those nesting plants will grow up too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z From a fire in the center of the bark house a thin curl of smoke rose, then vanished through a crescent of sunlight in the roof. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z With Bunnicula swinging peacefully from my teeth, I made my way stealthily toward the dining room as the last rays of sunlight gave way to the dark of night. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z But the world of sons has changed; it’s more likely to be the boys now with that baffled look, like a night dweller gone blind in sunlight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The window is as open as it goes, there’s a breeze, hot in the sunlight, and the white cloth blows across my face. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sigh of pure happiness, Tendai lay back on the flat rock and let the dappled sunlight play over his face. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A girl with curls the color of sunlight through yellow leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In three months, in a time when the leaves would be fat and full, our lives would separate like the branches overhead that made their own way into the sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The swimming pool flashed with sunlight as they passed over. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z From this shelf, Edward saw Bryce open the door one day and stand in the threshold, the silver harmonica in his left hand flashing brilliantly in the sunlight flooding in through the windows. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z His hair looked even paler in the sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know that until I saw them in the sunlight. I thought they were brown.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We were between the earth and the moon, in constant sunlight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When I felt the press of her hand against mine, I forced my eyes open, blinking against the sunlight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Unlike Grandfather’s stories, which quieted the warring spirits within her with the softness of moonlight or the lyric timbre of a lone flute, Mrs. Rappaport’s speech thrilled her like sunlight and trumpets. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A single ray of sunlight pierces the clouds like a spotlight to follow her, and her corroded, oxidized shell peels away, revealing shining copper from head to toe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Somkit picked up a small black metal box and held it in the beam of sunlight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I cracked open my eyes early this morning when the sunlight crept over the cliff to the east. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Only a sliver of sunlight cracked through the closed drapes, making the room feel dreary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The afternoon sunlight came yellow through the aging leaves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Prams drifted along the paths, hoods down in full sunlight, and white, soft-skulled babies gaped at the outdoor world for the first time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She dreamed of sunlight spreading like honey over her skin; she dreamed of sweat sliding down between her shoulder blades as she ran down sweltering alleyways behind the palace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In her gold sweater belted at an impossibly tiny waist, with her gold hair, in gold flats, she looked improbable, like sunlight. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My eyes ached in the harsh sunlight spearing through the office’s wooden blinds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When I woke, the tall windows were shuttered to keep out the sunlight. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I search for Caleb’s face, but it is nowhere, nowhere until we leave the glass building and step out into sunlight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On Mr. Ray’s cue, we lifted and turned, and slowly marched Nancy with all her friends and family behind us singing, into the sunlight. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Donovan felt his robot stagger at a sudden push by Powell’s mount and then Powell was off into the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Sefia recognized her from the legends about the Current: a stalwart sailor with skin like sunlight on honey and arms tattooed with birds and flowers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The shorter hours of sunlight and lowering temperatures were telling millions of birds to go south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Sitting cross-legged, sunlight and shadows of pomegranate leaves dancing on his face, Hassan absently plucked blades of grass from the ground as I read him stories he couldn’t read for himself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z An hour of sunlight and cake with Prim. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheed hinged up at his waist, shielding his eyes with one hand and squinting into the sunlight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Even though dwarfs had thick skins, they were extremely sensitive to sunlight and had a burn time of less than three minutes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z All around her, filtered sunlight pushed through the trees, casting touches of gold on random spots. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “They need sunlight and water, and their souls need to—need to—” “Be weeded,” finished Chacho. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She dreamt of a young, handsome man dressed all in white, with patent- leather shoes and a straw hat, walking across the desert bathed in sunlight. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Winter sunlight slants in through the window, between the half-drawn curtains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Below them, morning sunlight illuminated the Italian countryside—rolling green hills and golden fields not too different from those in Northern California. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the top chamber, a huge curved mirror made of polished bronze reflected sunlight during the day. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He turned his back on it and lifted his eyes to the Wall, blazing blue and crystalline in the sunlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “This is trickier. They’re dormant, waiting. Bury them in soil. Give them water and sunlight and they’ll grow. In a way, they’re immortal. And they were inside the apple all along.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z She angled the face so it reflected sunlight onto the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I looked in the door of the big room and saw the major sitting at his desk, the window open and the sunlight coming into the room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Holding it up to the sunlight, I saw it was muddy and full of mysterious particles, but I put iodine in until it was cast purple and hoped for the best. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We walked on the road between the thick trunks of the old beeches and the sunlight came through the leaves in light patches on the grass. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I was too tired and too depressed to do any more than watch them and watch a patch of sunlight as it moved across the room. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The refrigerator in front of them had bounced the sunlight back on the soil, heating it up like an oven. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was light, sunlight or something cutting the water off funny. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The others, waiting in the grass, saw Jack and Ralph unharmed and broke cover into the sunlight. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her white dress dances with the ocean breeze, her silver wings shimmer in the sunlight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The basement door was opening, letting streaks of sunlight in. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he’d think it was the woman he wanted, and not some combination of curved stone, and a swinging, high-heeled shoe moving in and out of sunlight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned in time to see scales reflecting the sunlight as the fish slid downstream. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats skittered over the rubble, blinking evil red eyes at the harsh sunlight. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early history of our planet, however, when enormous amounts of organic molecules were being produced by sunlight in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, very simple, nonparasitic organisms had a fighting chance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lit by the sunlight pouring out from the weapons room doorway, I’m able to point out the bouquet of flowers in the creature’s hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The trees and bushes are all wrapped in ice, reflecting sunlight into something powerful. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Bright sunlight streamed through the window and into my eyes, awakening me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling swam with bright reflections, and sunlight streamed across the dusty, chip-strewn floor. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Grace, my father lay down on his bed to rest for a while, and I sat on the porch and stared at the sunlight on the flowers and the ailanthus. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Dutifully she admired the golden-tipped canopy of leaves and observed how the sunlight could penetrate only here and there, dappling a lush undergrowth of ferns. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We’d rolled the windows down — the Suburban was a bit claustrophobic with nine people in it — and I tried to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Quickly he stepped to the horizontal girder and walked to the middle of the bridge, his orange vest catching the sunlight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The sunlight was quiet and mellow in the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sound of troops at route step, shuffle in the dust, dull clink of mess kits, a band in the distance, tinny, forlorn, raw call of a cow in the sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My head ached from staying too long in the sunlight, and my hands had no grip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Bright sunlight poured into the hall, and in that moment it was the most glorious thing Ekon had ever seen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Together the friends opened the door and walked out into the sunlight of a summer morning. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Cottages clustered in the valleys below, and clear streams ran golden in the sunlight. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His eyes flitted to one book sitting on the very edge of the table, small and opened up so that its pages seemed to soak in the morning sunlight. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Farming is simply the methodical harvesting of sunlight, using plants as grudging intermediaries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the room is a skylight that lets in a square of orange sunlight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed the tip of his nose and blinked out at the dazzling sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The sky was a mere block to allow a visual effect on the horizon: sunlight flooding the ocean, the vertical edges between light and shadow perfectly distinct. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There, sure enough, was Percy Weasley, striding across the snowy yard, his horn-rimmed glasses glinting in the sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “There is another destination. Look at me! Remember my face. When you’re ready, come find me. We’ll take you to the mortal world with us. You can see the sunlight and stars.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They passed beneath the arch and under the walls, moving from sunlight to shadow and back into sunlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the darkness, the robot’s motions went unseen, but there was a sudden thumping sound as he shifted his weight, and seconds later the rock flew blackly into the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Even in the direct sunlight, he was dissolving. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was morning, early; amber sunlight poured in through my bedroom window. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She tilted the round thing backwards and forwards, and in the sunlight the disc and its letters went careering madly inside the box. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Sagging piles of rotted wood and fabric had rebuilt themselves into fainting couches and armchairs, and sunlight streamed through high windows once so grimy I’d thought they were blacked out. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Koffi stepped into a ray of sunlight dappling through the jungle’s canopy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So did I and we had it in bed, the November sunlight coming in the window, and the breakfast tray across my lap. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He wiped his black hands on his leather breeches and stepped out into the sunlight of the tiny back yard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Phoebe stood next to them, waving, with the sunlight glinting off her spectacles. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z In the sun, the fish scales on the seafood vendors’ arms and faces sparkle and shimmer, reflecting the sunlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain had let up, the drafts were gone, and bright sunlight streamed through the window. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The Seattle skyline looms behind us, all the steel and glass shining like salmon scales in the sunlight. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Rosa bowed her head and a ray of sunlight pierced the Gothic stained-glass windows of the church, outlining her face in a halo of light. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We approach the planets of our system, largish worlds, captives of the Sun, gravitationally constrained to follow nearly circular orbits, heated mainly by sunlight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight moved up and down his back like hands, and he felt the muscles of his neck and belly relax; he lay down beside the pool, across from her, and closed his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He, too, passed hraka, scratched himself and then hopped into the full sunlight and combed his ears. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She said nothing, just ran through a set of French doors onto a small patio to see the picture in the setting sunlight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She tried to shield her eyes as sudden sunlight burst into the darkness, but she was yanked out before she could. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Another difference was that we were high above all weather, in pure unfiltered sunlight which cast a cheery glow on the scene below. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The next Sunday, I slept in until the late-morning sunlight slivered through the blinds and found its way to my face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At night, by some chemical process unknown to me but obviously inhibited by sunlight, the predatory algae turned highly acidic and the ponds became vats of acid that digested the fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The children were shown into an ordinary classroom, where sunlight streamed through the windows, the desks sat empty, and an Executive waited to speak with Jackson and Jillson. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Already, though, he was picturing himself walking his bright, clean children up to Pastor Tom during an altar call, sunlight coming through the windows, the choir singing, the whole church looking on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a morning chill despite the bright sunlight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sea don’t seem so empty with the sunlight making it look almost alive. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She remembered Mama's face, touched by golden morning sunlight, and she remembered Mama’s body in a pool of blood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The island forced us into a narrow channel on the east side of the river, and we floated underneath sycamore trees leaning out over the water in search of more sunlight. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “By moonlight or sunlight, the drapeweed would almost always be in shadow.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He smoked a cigar and watched the patterns the sunlight made on the wall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Only the sunlight, falling down the well on this single day of the year, marked it out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In some cases, the medical system may intensify the outbreak, like a lens that focuses sunlight on a heap of tinder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Vines strangling their own kin in the everlasting wrestle for sunlight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was young, as far as Malcolm could judge, maybe in her twenties, and very pretty, with the sunlight glowing in her golden hair and her light green dress. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I lean back in the chair, feeling like I’ve emerged from the darkest cave into bountiful blinding sunlight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Her jewelry hangs there—slices of agate on long chains of raw crystal beads, collars set with moonstones, deep green bloodstones strung together, and an opal pendant, bright as fire in the sunlight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Its broad leaves made a green canopy against the sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He used his long ears to shade his eyes from the rays of sunlight leaking in through the Thicket ceiling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I edge up to the glass and raise my face, squinting against the sunlight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z First of all, sunlight filled every cranny, because the entire ceiling was glass. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The walls are rails of wood that let the sunlight right in, and logs on the ground are our pews. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I take one last look back at my old home, the flat tin roof flashing in the afternoon sunlight, the column of smoke fading and drifting away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergio walks up next to me and watches the waves and the moonlight now taking over the sunlight. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Well, you asked if the sun hurt me, and it doesn’t. But I can’t go out in the sunlight — at least, not where anyone can see.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z An immersion into greenery and sunlight will surely help me sort out my thoughts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Bristle stretched out in a patch of slanting sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was a wide band of sunlight coming through the window. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z All the weapons were finely made, and glistened in the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For photographs taken in the sunlight, Dad had a delayed-action release that allowed him to click the camera and then run and get into the picture himself before the shutter was released. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces concentrated on Ruth May the way a lens concentrates sunlight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked back and saw the top of the old mound on the hill, and from it the sunlight on the gold went up like a yellow flame. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The sunlight came and went, depending on the shifting clouds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then he took a peculiar half step, moving from shade into bright sunlight, and the booby-trapped 105 round blew him into a tree. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The sunlight flickered, and she thrashed in Cain’s grip, despite the agony shooting through her body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Outside the sun was up over the roofs and I could see the points of the cathedral with the sunlight on them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Just how she came to her senses, she never knew—but it was like passing from a world of misty unreality to one of harsh sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The bells were ringing again, high in the scudding sunlight in bright disorderly tatters of sound. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped in front of a bulldozer and shielded his brow from the sunlight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was kneeling in clear sunlight before the high seat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But do we know enough about the sunlight that warmed them, the soil in which they put down the roots, and the rabbits and lumberjacks they were lucky enough to avoid? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z So did a thousand shards of glass, and it seemed to Laila that she could see each individual one flying all around her, flipping slowly end over end, the sunlight catching in each. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The sunlight coming through the window was rosy red. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight flashes like knives through the slats behind him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like sunlight, and it wasn’t like electric light, or lamps, or candles, or any other light they had ever seen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z At first, out on the boardwalk, in the bright sunlight, I couldn’t see the faces on the street. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The glow at the end of the tunnel grew brighter, and finally they burst into sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But the haint’s flare of sunlight embraced me again, my arm this time, pulling me forward. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Farther up on the green stood a tall brown Victorian house, quiet in the sunlight, all covered with scrolls and rococo, its windows made of blue and pink and yellow and green colored glass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z What had been magnificent in the moonlight was still so when the sunlight revealed to us all the details ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the cat, sitting in a patch of sunlight, carefully licking his paws and rubbing his face. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z In the far distance, sunlight shimmered off deep water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The new day dawned in a haze of soft sunlight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They had burst through the shadow, and the sunlight came down in a white-hot wash and poured liquidly about them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A hard winter sunlight seeped through the clouds, and the north wind blew cold and fast. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The gilded mosaics of angels, kings, and saints, which decorated the walls and ceilings, only shined at certain times when the sunlight fell through the church windows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They ate the last peanut butter sandwiches sitting on a low stone wall, listening to a few birds and watching the sunlight fall in bright, moving patterns onto the leafy floor of the woods. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They emerged from the alley and sprinted into bloodred sunlight, the last of the setting sun’s rays. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A long sword hung from his belt, sharp edges gleaming in the sunlight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The storm died out and dispersed, and sunlight broke over the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight in the trees was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She turned her wrist in the air, the purple jewels glinting in the sunlight. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This day she was sitting behind the counter reading a Bible in a tube of sunlight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head swam with fatigue; the sunlight glittering off the water made her eyes ache. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was midafternoon, so most of the lights in the house were off; the room was filled with shadows and the soft glow of natural sunlight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I bawl at the splintered sunlight where half a second ago she stood. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was two o’clock in the afternoon, and this time his office was filled with sunlight barely softened by a flimsy curtain. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “I done laundry,” said the dead girl, and then the morning sunlight flooded the wasteland, and Bod was alone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z You can go outside for exercise and sunlight, but only at very specific times in your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All I could see above was a tiny spark of sunlight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A beam of sunlight slanted into the rotunda and glowed on the floor, like Zeus was up there with a magnifying glass, trying to fry puny humans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I knew very well that all he said was ridiculous, not light for their darkness but flattery, illusion, a vortex pulling them from sunlight to heat, a kind of midsummer burgeoning, waltz to the sickle. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved over to the side of the pool and stood up in the water, squinting into the sunlight. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They shone not as if they were burning but as if, wherever they were and however dark the night, sunlight was shining on them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had heard the high-pitched stuttering song the flower boy lofted into the fierce August sunlight. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The other competitors faded away into shadows and sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He kicked his foot free from the rock loop, and his body rose to the surface and his black hair gleamed in the sunlight. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A burst of sunlight and color pushes the air out of the room. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The captain ran in the hot sunlight with a rifle in his hands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The days were shorter now, and the white sunlight cold as it settled onto the field and thought about dropping frost. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A baby girl with eyes of gold and hair the color of sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When she looks up at him, his soft blue eyes are bright in the afternoon sunlight that shines through the windows, illuminating the speckles of sawdust in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Milkman lay quietly in the sunlight, his mind a blank, his lungs craving smoke. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the sunlight slide between the narrow buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As if in slow motion, frame by frame, the world would take on the old logic—absolute silence, then the wind, then sunlight, then voices. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was a bright orange disc hovering over the sea, and the sunlight glittered on the surface like a web of light, or lace that ever changed its pattern. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the sunlight cutting through the patio screen, my body levitating in the center of the pool. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, snow melts, crystals evaporate into a steam, into nothing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The canvas is taut and nearly translucent—sunlight filters through the material and seams, illuminating the largest candy stand of all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When the sunlight touched her, it lit up more shades of tawny-brown-leaf-hazel-com-gold-autumn-mahogany than Lyra could name. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Mom and I used to spend all our time in here, touching and smelling the flowers, talking about life, and soaking up sunlight. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The streets steamed, as concrete reflected heavy sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes you’d come into the kitchen and he would be sitting by the kitchen table where the sunlight was coming in, and he’d have his face raised to it like he could see its warmth. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was only the sunlight on boards that were scrubbed smooth and white, or perhaps it was the feeling of peace that lay across the room as tangibly as the bar of sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As she closed the door to Sonny’s Shop, her grandchildren moved out of the sunlight into the shadow where she stood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyelids struggle to stay open against the glaring sunlight and the dust from the road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in constant sunlight, which meant it was “daytime,” but if you looked away from the sun, the sky was black as pitch. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, a week after the audition, I came home from school and saw a boy blowing big, splendid soap bubbles that shimmered with colors in the sunlight. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z John, drowsing in the sunlight, put the toes of his right foot into his mouth and ran them along the place where his teeth were just beginning to come through. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z In the strong sunlight the badger watched the silhouette of the big rat moving about behind the canvas. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her silvery braid flashed in the sunlight like a living thing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I wake to brilliant sunlight shining through the open roof. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The water danced brightly in the early sunlight; away to their right nearer the river's mouth, they caught a glimpse of ships' masts. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Rumbling sounded from the palace behind us, and stone and water exploded outward as the stampede of bosslings burst into the sunlight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then Raizel and I stepped outside into the flinty sunlight, the first fireflies emerging to sip from the Stockyards’ puddles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The only game-related item he’s wearing is a pair of simple, silver cuff links glinting in the sunlight, both cut in the shape of the Warcross logo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the east, the first sparks of sunlight streak forth from the horizon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Homing sunlight crept into the room, lighting up my artifacts and the freckles on Miles’s face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She could see, in this indulgence of sunlight, the patterns of his irises. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The clouds were down over the lake but it would be beautiful with the sunlight. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z With no windows to let in the sunlight, the stacks were utterly dark except for the gentle light of my candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sunlight brought a slight warmth to the air, although the wind whipped it away the minute Matt stood up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here at noon, jazz blared from jukeboxes and dark holes issued forth the cool odors of beer, wine and flesh into the sunlight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Vines strangling their kin in the wrestle for sunlight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bright sunlight was suddenly gone, and she had to adjust her eyes to the gloom inside the structure. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The town was receding fast, and the broad sweep of the river’s mouth was glittering in the sunlight below them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I get dressed and make my way toward the kitchen, sunlight pouring in through the window on that sorry-behind sunflower, feeding it with lies. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Ben ran backward trying to catch the first glimpse of the plane, watching for the sharp reflection of sunlight off a wing or cockpit window, but still he could not see it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, through the twisted half-drowned trees and wide wet streets, he glimpsed the silvery sheen of sunlight upon water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stepped into the bright sunlight and tied Gertrude’s purse securely about my waist so that it was hidden beneath my jerkin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She handed Ash the wineskin and Ash took a drink, and it was the taste of ripened grapes in the sunlight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z An apple, sweet and rotten at the same time, honeyed juice running over my tongue, tasting of sunlight and pure heady, stupid joy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I guess I’d been shading Hank, because suddenly he was sitting in a beam of low winter sunlight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She drove through the shade of the house, into the sunlight, and up to where we were standing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon died away; the circular spots of sunlight moved steadily over green fronds and brown fiber but no sound came from behind the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z But eventually the musician grew tired and the sunlight faded. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To the west sunlight blazed off the golden domes of the Temple of the Graces, and etched deep shadows behind the stepped pyramids of the mighty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The river was a bright sheen of sunlight disappearing into the thick woods beyond. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Pita followed us out into the bright sunlight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Its magical power was indisputable in the sunlight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Glinting golden in the sunlight was a small ship, its sails billowing, and a ruddy, mustachioed face looked down at them from over the side. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z With the first rays of sunlight, Blanca would regain her good sense and control of her nerves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, like a bolt of sunlight he changed the subject from goodbye. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Fading, they sighed that sunlight and birds, bright mornings, warm fires, food and drink, friendship, and all good things had been lost beyond recovery. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And my absence would mean more sunlight in their living rooms and fewer acorns underfoot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Turkish border guards burst into the sunlight from beneath it, guns pointed, ready to shoot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The revolver catches the sunlight as he points it at Lily. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The flame, nearly invisible at first in that bright sunlight, enveloped a small twig, grew, was enriched with color and reached up to a branch which exploded with a sharp crack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Down the trail, out of the darkness of the bush and into the light of the slanting bars of sunlight, joggling along with his peculiar nautical roll, came—Ch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Adjusting herself in the bed, she winced at the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was gunmetal gray, and glinting in the sunlight. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z A patch of sunlight has broken through the clouds, and I can hear the hiss of the ice melting. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood in the sunlight outside the church, noticing that passersby either lifted their hats or made a discreet sign of the cross on their chests as they came abreast of the church. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the sunlight hits him he is all but invisible. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Plenty of sunlight is transmitted by the over- lying clouds, about as much as on an overcast day on the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were indistinguishable in the dark and their white outfits were muted by the lack of sunlight, but I could see that they were little boys running away from something—or someone. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The sunlight filtering through them dappled the hall with shimmering lace. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Romilda Vane,” said Ron softly, and his whole face seemed to illuminate as he said it, as though hit by a ray of purest sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Their mind-muddying effects were daily diminishing, the Emergency was fading, and minds long closed to truth were opening again, like flowers craving sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They fell asleep after that, waking to sunlight, and a face staring down at them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The house was always quietest now, when he could linger over nothing, with the lunch dishes in the sink and dinner far off and the kitchen bathed in incandescent sunlight. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Taran remembered nothing of returning to the byre or falling asleep, but he rose in the morning sunlight refreshed and strengthened. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Their southeast aspect had permitted parallelograms of morning sunlight to advance across the powder-blue carpet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He bent under the guise of adjusting his boot, and Celaena saw a small dagger glint in the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But it didn’t matter, because her daddy raised one hand in return, smiled at her, and disappeared into sparkling sunlight. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The fading sunlight outside was bright after the darkness of the house, and the air was fresh and sweet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The windows had been shut against sea breezes long ago, and they let in only a little sunlight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z That’s much less appetizing than a plant that creates food from sunlight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His eyes are even clearer and browner in the sunlight. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Just for a second I saw a dark shape in the morning sunlight—a human silhouette against the brick wall, a shadow that belonged to no one. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Directly in front of her was even more whiteness, a ring of it, and in the center a low shelf of land almost hidden in the glare of sunlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were conscious of sunlight through the port. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Its atmospheric motions are driven by the rapid rotation, by sunlight and by the heat bubbling and welling up from its interior. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It forced him to cling tight to the things he could remember, like silver bangles catching in sunlight, a sweet scent he knew but couldn’t place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And about time the first rays of sunlight hit the back steps, I sat down out there with my grandfather. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He hurried to the door and stepped out into the bright sunlight. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The crown gleams in his gnarled hands, glowing as if sunlight emanated from the metal itself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Beyond the emerald fields he could glimpse the surface of the river, jeweled with sunlight. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Through the open door, I could see lines of cars pulling in, sunlight winking in their windshields. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That thing was bodiless, blind to sunlight, a creature of a lightless, placeless, timeless realm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z We jumped in the car, trailing the last hours of sunlight to the beautiful shores near Fort Morgan, Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I turned and saw brief glints of something, like dust lit by sunlight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Other people worried about the zone of constant sunlight between the earth and the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As if recalled by his mood of despair, the pain in his arm returned, and he felt weak and old, and the sunlight seemed thin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The king'laid his bright blade down on the map, along the Wall, its steel shimmering like sunlight on water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By day the court was illuminated by sunlight that streamed in through the cracked and broken slates and slanted up through the eaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ruby-red symbols on their sides blazed when the sunlight reflected off them, but they were too dazzling to make out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A tree that, as he watched, reared up a giant face to look at him in the sunlight, its arms reaching out, its voice saying, Conor— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z What an engaging and magical thought for a boy on the road in a countryside dappled and rippling in sunlight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day of sunlight was a victory that must be fought and won again the next day. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The minarets of the Jameh Mosque sparkled in the sunlight as I used my tongue to dig a piece of lettuce out from between my teeth. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They hated sunlight but were too timid to venture out after dark, except during the full moon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dust motes swam in the slice of sunlight that came through the window. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Silence and sunlight were his partners. o„ the first of April, we began our PoIParty. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, telephone wires looked like glass strings high overhead, bushes glistened like cakes made of diamonds, starbursts of frost etched themselves against our windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They gleamed in the morning sunlight as though their walls were studded with precious jewels. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight that she could bask in day after day if she got her freedom, sunlight to drown out the endless dark of the mines. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Might this cooling increase the size of the polar ice cap, which, because it is bright, will reflect still more sunlight from the Earth, further cooling the planet, driving a runaway albedo' effect? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, between the sunlight and the rocks, the water's warm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Somehow, Harry found it hard to imagine dementors surviving for long in bright sunlight; perhaps that was why Sirius had gone south. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I am alive, I live, I breathe, I put my hand out, unfolded, into the sunlight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z That handful of compost was proof that when grass can eat sunlight and food animals can eat grass, there is indeed a free lunch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Like Dad, he wears his hair long; sunlight bleaches it blond. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I pressed myself against a tree trunk, hoping the sunlight and shadows would camouflage me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The two steered their robots into the sunlight and toward the waiting Speedy in silence and with grim purpose. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The sunlight was soft and feathered, hardly skimming the forest floor because the trees were so thick and tall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sunlight bangs his own eyes shut and he holds his hand over them, peeking through his fingers until it is safe. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes are wet and her chin shakes, just barely, just a tremble in the dawn sunlight. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When I shouldered my way out of the building, blinking in the autumn sunlight, I looked down the walk and found a sky-blue pickup parked along the curb. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I looked up just in time to see the Volkswagen slam on its brakes right in front of us, jolting to a stop and sending another blinding glare of sunlight our way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then he noticed a thin spiral of blue-grey smoke, plain to see as it caught the sunlight, rising from a thicket above him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The sunlight shone through the bare branches in slanting golden rays as they approached the abbey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Upstairs in the nursery Mary Poppins was airing the clothes by the fire, and the sunlight poured in at the window, flickering on the white walls, dancing over the cots where the babies were lying. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Even by day Capricorn's village appeared curiously deserted, and not just because of the many empty houses, which looked even more dismal in the sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z From a square of sunlight on the floor an enormous yellow cat opened one eye to look at them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The road, where it angled across the meadow, was just ahead, dazzling white in the open sunlight. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father stands by a window, intently watching his arm as he holds it out in front of him, the sunlight filtering in through the frosted glass and falling over his sleeve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the end of the pier, a guy who looked about a million years old was passed out in a patch of sunlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I remember crawling up a set of stairs bathed in sunlight. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It was reassuring just to look at him, riding slowly forward into the sunlight on the black Irish stallion: Dutch Longstreet, old Pete. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy came with it, in shorts and shirt, laboring cautiously out of the forest with the evening sunlight gleaming from his glasses. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Despite everything, I still marvel at how all those tiny ripples in the water can catch the sunlight and make the river shimmer like a million jewels were strewn on the surface. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The sunlight glowed through the blanket between the shadows of overhanging trees while Fletcher made conversation with his horses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When I came up to the sunlight, which I did by simply poking my head into the soft snow and standing up, I laughed at my dark fears. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like walking outside and feeling the sunlight on your face for the first time all day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Though it was old, it shone bright in the sunlight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So it isn’t at all surprising, at least to Axel, that Byrd’s flower beds filled with slugs and sunlight are happy spots for the garter snakes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Round windows scattered high in the walls revealed the blue sky, and sunlight streamed in over a sight that caused Kaede to catch her breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I reached the opposite end of the room where linen curtains diffused sunlight around the final bed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Outside, the sunlight’s so bright it makes the paint on my walls seem dim. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She saw the sunlight far, far above—maybe the last sunlight she would ever see. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy was content just to look at Annabeth in the sunlight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I took a hold of Pita’s arm and pulled her behind me as Delia and Velia peered out into the sunlight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I loved a maid as fail as summer, with sunlight in her hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Slowly, I became aware of sunlight and shadow, of shapes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The giant peach, with the sunlight glinting on its side, was like a massive golden ball sailing upon a silver sea. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Her hair shone and her dark eyes glittered, and her bare legs gleamed golden in the sunlight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The water was dark gray, even in the sunlight, white-capped and heaving to the gray, rocky shore. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Way high up there with the sunlight falling reddish-brown on the palm trunks and the boys’ narrow limbs, they look beautiful. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A golden bar of sunlight would occasionally slip past the guard the clouds had put up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As the roof of the cavern collapsed, sunlight blinded her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The clouds were thin today, a few streaks of sunlight escaping through far away in the west. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The scale flashed in the sunlight, catching the sunshine and staining it crimson. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Tally planned to do most of her traveling at night, letting the hoverboard recharge in sunlight, wasting no time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And my dad made sure the architects included rows of large windows on every side, allowing sunlight to pour down on us as we practiced. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The shade was down, but bright sunlight streaked in at the edges. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He knew their secrets, the path they took, the daily responses they made to sunlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As a consequence, the amount of sunlight that is absorbed by the ground has been declining, and by changes in the land use we are lowering the surface temperature of our planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The red trucks entered the playing field, rode toward one end in twin clouds of dust, sunlight reflecting off their hubcaps. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She could just make out the top two floors of the Griffin Building, with its white cornices that blazed in the sunlight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On days like this the Wall shimmered bright as a septon’s crystal, every crack and crevasse limned by sunlight, as frozen rainbows danced and died behind translucent ripples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mary Miller presented me with a bouquet, which required more photos, and then it was back out into the pounding sunlight. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She catches sight of me and smiles, sunlight dappling her skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I was seeing me with the sunlight reflecting off my dark hair, laughing my fool head off in the passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His eyes squinted into the sunlight, and his smile showed big, square teeth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly gray and dark. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was cold outside, so cold and so glaring with white sunlight on white snow that to leave the fetid shelter of the truck was very hard, and some of us wept. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He struggled out of bed and made his way through the heavy, dust-filled sunlight and silence of the great house down to the kitchen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Deep below the surface of the sea, far beyond the warm reach of sunlight, it will be a blind world, with no difference between night and day. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Dragon lay stretched out in the sunlight, but he was not asleep. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They had come far from the sunlight of the Inmost Sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As he struggled to unstrap himself, the car door flew open and a white blast of sunlight hit him in the face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We knew another sunlight on our hill, and the silence made it harder, more austere. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The grove of aspen and pine trees filter the sunlight like the Jonah and the Whale stained glass panel at church. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In a small clearing, we pause and drop back our heads to bask in the sunlight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He waved his hand and a goblet appeared on the table, as if the sunlight had bent, momentarily, and woven the air into glass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The children couldn’t see this right away—it took a moment for their eyes to adjust to the brilliant sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Pillows embroidered with tiny mirrors are strewn across it, and lamps of colored glass hang from the roof, catching the last rays of sunlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He lay in Guitar’s bed face-up in the sunlight, trying to imagine how it would feel when the ice pick entered his neck. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But at that moment, I was wearing the dress to cook hot dogs, watching them swell and bob in the boiling water as the late-morning sunlight filtered in through the trailer’s small kitchenette window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the still woods, the only movements were bars of sunlight glinting like green glass through the leafy canopy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be the paradise Julie had fantasized about, with sunlight and clean air. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z In the old days we might have driven to Corly Wood with a picnic and the papers, spent all afternoon lying on a blanket in dappled sunlight, drinking wine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved a maid as fail as summer, he remembered, with sunlight in her hair ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Looking down over the universe of the park, she saw the town drift where it wanted, washed by sunlight on a stone bench, cooled in the shadows of the hanging tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The purple sequins fall, slithering down over the step like snakeskin, glittering in the sunlight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, sunlight has gathered from all corners of the earth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward tile canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I sped into the sunlight, into a large street crowded with tourists examining trinkets and souvenirs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We know they are composed of water ice, because the spectral properties of sunlight reflected off the rings match those of ice in the laboratory measurements. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight made her hair look like fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She looked at the sunlight filtering through the canopy, how the trees swayed in the wind with their long, bony arms around each other. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes, for a second, especially in the sunlight, they pierce through, and you almost forget about the lumpy redness on his face. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He stood before her, and seemed to be made entirely of fire or sunlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She thought of the fortress of ice; she could imagine the walls of it so clearly, the windows bright in the sunlight, the sea all around it deep sapphire blue. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The ground is covered in a light dusting of snow that sparkles and shines in the sunlight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sun was up, walking among clouds and long flags of smoke, but even the sunlight was defiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was almost no sign of sunlight left as they crept among the trees, closer and closer to the chorus of creepy chanting. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The red sunlight on the water showed their glistening heads in the deeper channel. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The late-afternoon sunlight shines on the side of his face, making him almost glow. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then, as it began to sink beneath the waves, it seemed to dissolve into sunlight on the water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There were two fireplaces, in which the ashy logs of wood turned from grey to red as the sunlight retreated. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z April was in full bloom, and they were young enough to accept the sunlight and color of a new spring as omens of good fortune. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A rounded patch of sunlight fell on his face and a brightness appeared in the depths of the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She stood there with the sunlight in her hair, her white skirt fluttering around her legs, a basket of grapes and fresh-baked bread tucked under one arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was a bird somewhere in the woods, beyond the broken and infrequent slanting of sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight pouring through the colored glass outlined their sweet young bodies through the thin cloth, and Tyrion felt a stirring in his groin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hooper was lying flat on the ground in a lozenge of sunlight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The photograph had been taken on a sunny day, and the sunlight brutally exaggerated the planes of his father’s face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Leaf shadows and sunlight dappled the backs of her hands as she crawled after James into the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The men were then pulled from the hold, squinting in the bright sunlight—filthy, weak, and almost crippled from being tied down for almost twenty hours each day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The twisting iron fence that surrounded it, the smooth red rock that made up the facade, the wide windows that winked in the sunlight. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Pet tilted its head, and the horns caught sunlight through the studio’s windows. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I ate breakfast cheerily, watching the dust moats stirring in the sunlight that streamed in the back window. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Despite the sunlight streaming through the windows, the casket made the whole room feel cold. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dust motes hung in a beam of sunlight. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He looked up at the sunlight winking through the cedar branches. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The branches laced across overhead, almost shutting out the sky and letting through little moving spangles and sequins of sunlight, so that everything was dappled with gold and silver. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Percy was incredibly glad to see the sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Reflected sunlight flashed in the corner of her eye. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There’s sunlight streaming through the pieces of tissue paper Braselton Preparatory Academy calls curtains. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The morning air was warm, licked by the first rays of sunlight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The fourth section was bright and dry, sunlight dappling the leaves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They look like creatines who have crawled out of burrows to soak up some sunlight. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still warm, a gentle radiance of the day’s earlier sunlight. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I tell myself this, over and over, until dawn comes, and a patch of weak morning sunlight seeps through the high-up windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d sit there and stare for hours as Warcross images rotated on its side, my skinny legs swinging, until dawn came and the sunlight would bathe me in gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I peer ahead and see the front entrance, the sunlight reflecting brilliantly off the newly fallen snow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The bird poked her head out into the sunlight and blinked. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But with the first rays of sunlight I regained my desire to live. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sunlight was fractured by thin trunks of tilting trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone called Mr. Rizzo’s room the dungeon because it had only two skinny windows, which didn’t let in any sunlight. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The room was dim, but there were bars of yellow sunlight showing between the slats of the shutters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thirty seconds it lasted, green sunlight breaking the cloud on the horizon. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Well, I didn’t,” he said, and left me standing alone in the sunlight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The burgundy liquid swept up the sides of the bowl and dripped slowly down as he held it to the sunlight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Walton County jail was a dull structure surrounded by a tangle of razor wire that ran along a chain-link fence and glistened in the sunlight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Rounded stones bordered the path, and sunlight filtered down through the canopy of trees. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Plants died and the grasses rotted, cattle and sheep crept to the river that was no more and perished there for lack of water, lizards and squirrels lay prone and gasping in the blistering sunlight. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The window delivered more than a stingy puncture of sunlight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jon glowed for me then like a plum in sunlight, richly colored, perfect in form. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was afternoon, and she sat in the sunlight on the steps of the summerhouse beside Luke; these are the silent pathways of the heart, she thought. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Gilly looked at her, then quickly turned away as a person turns from bright sunlight. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z As he lifted the blade above his head, sunlight seemed to ripple and dance down the dark metal, glinting off an edge sharper than any razor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “She says you can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunlight.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat on a big rock, drank our Cokes, and watched the sunlight in the woods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Her pale skin gleamed in the sunlight, her own swirling work tattoos almost black against the flush of her cheeks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was as if a door had briefly opened, and behind it there was sunlight, warm and rich and seductive. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the far distance, he caught sight of the moored clipper ship, its sails glinting in sunlight, a white gull resting on a mirror sea. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The pent waters spread out into a long oval lake, pale Nen Hithoel, fenced by steep grey hills whose sides were clad with trees, but their heads were bare, cold-gleaming in the sunlight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The California sunlight had the pewter cast of a declining season. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the screen of leaves the sunlight pelted down and the butterflies danced in the middle their unending dance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Because the snow on the peaks shines in the sunlight,” explained his grandfather. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z As she set down the teacup she noticed something on her right hand, and she turned her palm up to the sunlight and saw a pale, circular scar. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had only to stretch her neck or rise on some pretext to see twenty or forty undressed males lounging or playing ball in the sunlight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A slanting tongue of sunlight reached all the way to where she stood and illuminated her face and headdress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She walks to the window and adjusts the horizontal blinds to let in sunlight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Hazy afternoon sunlight pours down from the sky. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Without sunlight, the house’s pink brick lost its color and faded to an ashy gray. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory M _L blazing with winter sunlight and his arm reboned but very stiff. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They drank their Cokes silently for a bit, basking in the sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z So he let Merry sink gently down on to the pavement in a patch of sunlight, and then he sat down beside him, laying Merry’s head in his lap. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She liked his eyes, she thought, the unblended mix of orange and green, made even more granular in sunlight. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It can vary depending on temperature, rainfall, sunlight, and the time of year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He ducked and dodged under vines and around trees, flashing in and out of sunlight, his war paint blending into the woods like camouflage. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Warm sunlight streamed in the window, and after a moment I closed my eyes to let it fall on my face. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Miss Throckmorton'd been playing Hangman on the blackboard one afternoon with sunlight streaming in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There was something heavy and dark and tight about the day, riding stiffly in the broad barren field, in harsh sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk along the track, squinting against the bright sunlight, already regretting my words to Effie. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the plaza lay the glittering channel, brilliant in the sunlight and choppy with white-capped waves, and beyond that the wooded shore, where Mr. Benedict’s telescopes were going to be hidden. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z On the ground are the acorns the tree made with the sunlight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Not so her eyes, which were the flat hostile blue of a midsummer sky in bright sunlight, a blue that shuts you out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He smoked for a while and stared at the circle of sunlight on the floor between them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I stepped into sunlight, finding my shadow again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was shining, sunlight so brilliant that she thought she could feel it warm on her eyelids. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They move quickly across the sky, the day strobing between sunlight and shadow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Less than twenty-four hours ago, he had been standing in the sunlight at the entrance to the marquee, waiting to show in wedding guests. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I am sensitive to noise of any kind—that and the bright sunlight both give me tension headaches, but the sun at least by then had gone down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both made of gold that sometimes glittered in the sunlight but dulled when the clouds interfered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It has an astounding 10.2 percent efficiency, which is good because Mars doesn't get as much sunlight as Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel stood on the hillside in the morning sunlight, alone in the ruins except for Arion, who paced next to her, nickering impatiently. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Finding her would mean exposure to unadulterated sunlight, and even the diminishing rays of early evening could provoke an attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I pull away The dish towel, dazed By the sunlight. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For two consecutive seasons he lived in the sunlight of Mademoiselle Duvign’s presence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind from the thermos stirred up a nice sea spray that made a rainbow in the sunlight—perfect for an Iris- message—but our connection was still poor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z We would sit in our rooms and look out at the raindrops glinting with sunlight, waiting for God to decide. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Five hundred knights surrounded him, sunlight flashing off the points of their lances. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the bright sunlight, with Natalie, it was possible to ask a little more. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s happened to all of us: there’s sunlight and shade, spots and patterns of colour, your mind is elsewhere—so you don’t make out what is right in front of you. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the daytime, a ray of sunlight shone into the tomb, making all the dust motes she stirred up swirl like falling snow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There when they arrived everything was delightful, soft green meadows, lovely groves, a delicious life-giving air, sunlight that glowed softly purple, an abode of peace and blessedness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see the Pennines all around the city of Stockport, green and bare with fast-moving stripes of cloud and sunlight gliding overhead like a Technicolor moving picture. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z DeVante squints against the sunlight and looks around like we brought him to another planet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He lowered his blanket from his nose now, for the dark poisonous air was gone and the yellow sunlight fell on the house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellsberg watched sunlight shimmer on the quivering surface of a hanging mirror. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The window was open onto the balcony and the sunlight was bright in the room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Out ahead of us, yellow beams of sunlight hit the stone monastery and shine off the glass windows of the church. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In the three short years since Gemini 10, I had forgotten how beautiful the view was, as clouds and sea glided silently by my window in the pure sunlight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She could lie in her cot and tell the time of day by the angle of sunlight pouring through the window. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Governor’s barge glided toward the prison dock, its teak paneling gleaming in the sunlight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I got the hatch open without difficulty, and popped out into the sunlight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I return to the stairs, and as I sit here in a slice of winter sunlight, two small birds find their way down to the honeysuckle planted next to the bamboo. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And then, there she was, like a miracle: sunlight streaming behind her into the hall, barefoot and blinking with surprise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The left looked like the clearest path, but between his eyes adjusting from the classroom lit by sunlight and the dim, smoke-filled hall, it was hard to tell for certain. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The only way to discourage them was to sit directly in the sunlight, and it was too hot for that. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’ll fall and sunlight will take up the whole sky. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A stream of sunlight shone through a narrow window at the top of the wall to Mark’s right. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Jalil had taught her that gray clouds got their color by being so dense that their top parts absorbed the sunlight and cast their own shadow along the base. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The lake roared in her ears, and sunlight jagged off the waves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His shiny bald head and great silvery mustache gleamed as brightly in the sunlight as the golden buttons on his waistcoat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Through three high windows he saw the moorland, bare and brown, snow-patched here and there, in the mild sunlight of winter. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But he felt a persistent, nagging worry in the back of his mind, and as he leaned forward into the sunlight, he closed his eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The bottom was of a pale, creamy stone over which undulating white-edged rectangles of refracted sunlight divided and overlapped. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then I noticed the crystals making rainbows in the sunlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Nearly everywhere, every wall, every spot has sunlight coming from somewhere. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All of them had green shutters and all of them had green doors—except for one, whose shutters were as yellow as sunlight and whose door was as red as strawberries. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Isannah had wandered off because a passing clergyman had seen the sunlight on her hair and was asking her to say the shorter catechism as proof that she was as pious as she was beautiful. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He spends entire weekends holed up in the house, reading books from Gerald and Lydia’s shelves, admiring the sunlight that filters through the enormous unadorned windows during the course of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even with sunlight streaming in from above, Percy’s news made the cavern seem dark again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It glinted in the sunlight, but still, it was thinner, more translucent than ever it had been before; in places it seemed as if it were made not of silver but of smoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z So I go back to the last moment I saw him sparkling in the sunlight, yelling at me to run. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Far, far below he could see the real world: the sunlight pricking out every tiny tree, turning every winding river into a thin silver snail-trail glistening and looping across the landscape of Faerie. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The captain felt the sunlight on the back of his neck. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sunlight once more, he stopped for breath. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The door squealed open and it was broad day, sunlight like a knife in the eyes, bright and frightening. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We were climbing upward, out of the basement toward bright sunlight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ruins stretch as far as I can see, dappled sunlight dancing against their surfaces, and drifting over them are a field of shining, jewel-like power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She set up her easel under the stovepipe, right next to the back window, because she said it got natural sunlight—which it did, relatively speaking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the lightning strikes, it’s dazzling, even from here, even in this bright sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She swung the shutter across the open window so the morning sunlight wouldn’t strike in on his face, and tiptoed out. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Viruses like dry air and dust and darkness, and most of them don’t survive long when exposed to moisture and sunlight. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the frozen stillness melt down through the inside of me, dripping shards of ice that vanish in a puddle of sunlight on the stained floor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The room was perfectly quiet, and between the still curtains at the window she could see the sunlight. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The first went on, flecks of sunlight slipping along the pole across his shoulder and down the back of his shirt. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Giant trees that almost totally blocked out the sunlight. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Their toilet is one black plastic bag, and they struggle over who will take it out each afternoon, because that person gets to see sunlight for a brief time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The water was a deep blue and sunlight glittered on its looking glass—clear surface. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Directly below the ship, nestled at the edge of the lake, the city of New Rome gleamed in the sunlight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Though I have only a half hour more of sunlight, I cut off the motor and idle; I fear that the noise is chasing the bonobos away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The monks bowed and moved out of the pagoda into the bright morning sunlight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them Ash could see the lymer and his dogs running forward at an easy pace, their spotted coats of black and brown on white like sunlight dappling the ground through the foliage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me and smiled; sunlight glinted off his face, his teeth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The sunlight made it harder for Briony to see, but for a fraction of a moment, a tiny frown of displeasure may have registered in the bride’s face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Others were bound in the finest leather, tanned to a deep mahogany, shining and oily in the sunlight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then she looked down at her lap, at the way that the rich sunlight brushed every hair on the cat’s head, turning each white whisker to gold. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z When I ask the man about it, he tells me it’s solar-powered and launches into a lengthy explanation of how the panels on the roof convert sunlight into energy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And despite the lack of sunlight, the seeds sprouted, though they were thinner and weaker than usual. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “And no more sunlight for months, maybe years?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There is a gleaming puddle of sunlight across the surface of my desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A large square of sunlight appears on the floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Slivers of sunlight squeezed through the cracks in the branches, and I caught a glance of cloudless blue skies more than once. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The sunlight warmed her skin, and the weight around her shoulders drifted away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z How I could lose myself for hours watching the way the sunlight teased the contours of his high cheekbones and bronzed his rebellious curls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Gloria withdrew her chubby little forearm from before her eyes and stood for a moment, wrinkling her nose and blinking in the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Chubs was trailing behind us, his eyes hidden as the drooping sunlight caught his glasses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I examine it, holding it up so the sunlight burns through it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The shadow of night rose, dividing the eastern sky into pale blue above and gray below, with a rosy border where the sunlight still shone on a haze of dust in the air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dying sunlight the people dragged, rather than their empty cotton sacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later there was a distant glint of sunlight on metal, followed by a muted thwack. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Across much of five states, late afternoon sunlight gave way to utter darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They’ll watch with open mouths as the breeze ripples over my blue dress and the sunlight shines on the lace trim; I’ll look like an angel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I squint up at him, the sunlight so dazzling it’s hard to see. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Plant cells today have tiny molecular factories, called chloroplasts, which are in charge of photosynthesis—the conversion of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t recognize her; her dress looked brand-new and crisp, and her shoes shone in the sunlight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They reached the edge of the poppy fields as the last streaks of sunlight slid behind the hills.The dirt path gave way to a wide lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All around him beads of water sparkled as blades of sunlight struck through them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A ray of wintery sunlight fell across the classroom, illuminating Lupin’s gray hairs and the lines on his young face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I proclaim loudly, “Wuv-buckle, I like to walk out in the open, where the sunlight streams down and catches the amber highlights burned chemically into your hair.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Blinking into the sunlight, 1 try desperately to piece together what I saw, but nothing comes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, tiny fingers of sunlight poke at my eyes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I lay still for a moment, looking at the sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z So we both cried through the lobby, past the doorman, and out into the sunlight, where we magically stopped. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I had had them closed for so long that the sunlight coming through the windows blinded me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z With sunlight shining through, I bet it’s beautiful. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! here comes the sunlight!” exclaimed Mademoiselle, rising from her knees before the stove. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The dying sunlight flashes my own reflection on the glass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Within seconds, the sunlight blurred, filling my vision with a throbbing crimson glow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My dad took one more lap around the car, the sunlight bouncing off its rear windshield. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His blond hair was gray in the sunlight. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was gloomy now, but seeing the way the branches arched overhead, Kaede suspected it would be beautiful beneath the sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His gold chain sparkles in the sunlight and those Jordans are brand-new. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He came out on the bank, blinking in the sunlight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z From the way Pa had warned me, I’d always pictured these woods as having so many bears hanging out of the trees that the sunlight would’ve been blocked off from hitting the ground! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Trees are great and beautiful machines, powered by sunlight, taking in water from the ground and carbon dioxide from the air, converting these materials into food for their use and ours. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two huge gray fish with fins of silver surfaced for just a moment, their backs gleaming in the sunlight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees grew straight, then arched overhead like the vaulted ribs of some great church, their stained-glass windows the green leaves dappled with golden sunlight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His were reddish-gold, dull in the shade under the bridge but brilliant in sunlight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Helmuth sits on the floor beneath the window in a square of sunlight. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She had found a secret place, a place of freedom and dear sunlight and peace. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A child’s rubber slippers lay pigeon-toed in the bright parallelogram of barred sunlight on the floor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the sunlight the air was balmy, and through skies of palest sapphire sailed clouds of gossamer silk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z One wild cart ride later they stood blinking in the sunlight outside Gringotts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Too, I wanted no more sunlight until I had the medication sufficiently out of my system to allow me to lighten. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes my forearm in her hands and moves it to catch the sunlight coming in through the slats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The sunlight glittering on the water dazzled his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I'll be back to enjoying the entire day's sunlight instead of just half of it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel’s eyes looked over the heads of his friends, out of the dark forge to the yellow sunlight. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His flesh is very pale in the sunlight and he no longer looks strong and stocky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Something was wrong with each, however—drainage, sunlight, clay soil. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The lemonade sparkled in the sunlight, like a bejeweled waterfall, and then disappeared without a trace, soaking into the parched September grass. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The sweetness of the fruit, the sunlight, the singing are intense and heady, and the exhilaration sweeps us in. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a moment, my eyes are dazzled by the bright sunlight and I'm conscious only of a strong wind with the hopeful smell of pine trees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I can’t ignite it without sunlight. I need you to light it for me,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But with my parents by my side, who had proven their love for me, I felt safe enough to allow sunlight to sweep the shadows from my life. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He had a sheathed sword on his belt that caught the sunlight and shone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The shack looks even worse in the sunlight, like it’s just seconds from toppling right over. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It was bright sunlight in the room when I woke. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In the dappled sunlight filtering through the dark-green trees, Ammu watched Velutha lift her daughter effortlessly as though she was an inflatable child, made of air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "The total sunlight reaching the surface is very low in the area of the storm. Right now, it's twenty percent of normal. And Watney's rover is powered by solar panels." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I see it ain’t just the sunlight glittering on the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to chlorophyll, plants are able to transform sunlight, water, and minerals into carbohydrates. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The sunlight was slanting now into the palms by the wrecked shelter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She watched him walking through the sunlight until he was gone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The sails are bellied out orange-gold in the early morning sunlight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He ran along the path near the cottage to which she had been assigned, calling to his friends, laughing, his unkempt hair bright in the sunlight. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nathan held Uncle Jet and they swayed like wilting flowers searching for sunlight. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Before I could answer, Daisy came out of the house and two rows of brass buttons on her dress gleamed in the sunlight. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z With two doors open and the sunlight and the clean air, the upstairs seemed more friendly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The hornbeam wand let off a blast like a gun, and a number of small, twittering birds flew out of the end and through the open window into the watery sunlight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The roof of the Nest had caved in, and the lodge was now flooded with sunlight. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I lifted Grandpa Bobby’s coin from my chest and turned it back and forth in my fingers, the gold catching the sunlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The warm glory of afternoon sunlight made him start and blink his eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The colors here were richer than they had been south of the river, where half the trees had turned brown from lack of sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In one bed sat three naked black children looking across the room to the other bed on which lay a man and woman, both naked and black in the sunlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The woods are bright with sunlight but quiet as midnight. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Something moved faintly across the edge of the field of vision of my left eye, but I ignored it and kept staring at the sunlight on the ailanthus leaves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z As the bird pecked at the Puffs, sunlight skipped off glossings of green and purple around its neck. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She looks over to where the sunlight is shining around the corner of Lenny’s nice curtains. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the sunlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sunshine from the window made a big square on the floor, and something in the silence of the room was warm and comfortable like this sunlight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Right in the bright sunlight you could see the flashing dome going like crazy, pulsing like a heartbeat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It was also their nests, made of glistening bubbles that absorbed sunlight and glowed all night, as if hundreds of miniature rainbows had gathered for a party. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Last night’s rain had left the huge stones wet and glistening, and the morning sunlight made them look as if they were coated in some fine black oil. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The temples and forums of New Rome gleamed in the sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The organ is playing, and sunlight is pouring in through the stained-glass windows. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z No sunlight ever reached the caves beneath the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The reason they could not be seen was that sunlight was flooding the inside of Columbia, which meant that the pupils of our eyes automatically narrowed until only very bright objects could be seen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman stepped out into the hot sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s spirits couldn’t help but lift slightly as he watched Fleur hurry back across the lawns to Madame Maxime, her silvery hair rippling in the sunlight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We turned into it with our hands up in front of our faces to block the camera, but the flash had come from the sunlight’s reflecting off the window of a turning Coast Guard speedboat. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Lyra felt mutinous, but the Lady’s glittering spurs were very clear in the sunlight, so she said nothing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The steel points of pikes flamed red with sunlight, as if already blooded, while the pavilions of the knights and high lords sprouted from the grass like silken mushrooms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The two waited all day in the Rusty Ruins, patches of sunlight crawling across the floor through the crumbling roof, like slow searchlights marking the hours. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Magdalys and Mapper thanked him and headed out into the sunlight. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He crawled slowly behind a lazy guard basking in the sunlight with his gun on his lap. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A child wheeled his tricycle down the sidewalk, sending the pigeons into the sunlight like water-splash. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The sunlight and warm air coming through the large, busted-out window make the room feel like an oven. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Bigger’s face was metallically black in the strong sunlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When he spread his wings, they were so large and dark that they blotted out the sunlight. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Sir Ector sat in the solar, while the wintering sunlight threw broad orange beams across his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was even hotter there, for die windows were shut to keep out the sunlight. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Rays of sunlight grazed the tops of the trees. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sensing a trap, I’m about to let my arrow fly, hoping it finds his heart before the trident impales me, when he shifts his hand and something on his wrist catches the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Stepping into the sunlight, she put on her tights, danced a moment, and then pulled on her furs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning sunlight had just begun to shine through the tissue-paper screen covering the window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine the ghost surrounded with sunlight and baseball games and poetry—good stuff that would push the ghost away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Jethro was shaking inside when he walked out of the store into the pale sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I squint into the sunlight to look back over the swamp. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Seven seemed to be made of solid gold, which gleamed so much in the sunlight it was almost impossible to look at. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I think of Gale, who is only really alive in the woods, with its fresh air and sunlight and clean, flowing water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The high oceanic temperatures will release more water vapor into the air, increasing cloudiness, shielding the Earth from sunlight and delaying the end a little. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Seth surfaced, she made sure the bright splotch of sunlight covered his face. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As he crossed the Avenue, that solitary stripe of sunlight, he saw the errand boy from the guildhall coming toward him with a tray. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maya knew she was hungover by the way she winced against the sunlight, the way her shoulders seemed pulled too tight against her robe. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Laila watched its wings catch glints of sunlight as it buzzed from one blade of grass to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The fierce July sunlight streamed in over a gray cloud bank and lit up the New York Harbor like a fire was rising from its depths. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Broken beams of the fading sunlight arrowed across the dirt floor, but it was mostly dark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He took Ivan’s staff and the sword into the ember-lit depths of the smithy, and then sunlight spilled in as the front door opened wide. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A towering cliff of a black, basaltic rock cut off the sunlight, and the deep night shadow of an airless world surrounded them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I traded all the sunlight and the cities and the distant lands for a handful of power, for a shadow, for the dark.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Some were sensitive to sunlight, so Tam Lin had constructed a latticework arbor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was hot and dusty and dark, sunlight visible only through holes in the walls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Leaf shadows and sunlight dappled the backs of her hands as she crawled after James into the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Once in that court he had felt himself to be a word spoken by the sunlight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z When they finished with that, they went down to Mr. Newton’s store and bought some sunlight yellow and strawberry red paint to take care of the shutters and door. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Their massed branches created deep shadows, among which streaks of harsh sunlight confused the image of what lay beneath. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She went about picking tools off the shelf, holding them in the air so the sunlight bisected them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The bizarre effect was created by sunlight shining through the stained-glass. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My own humanity was awakened, rising up to greet me with a handshake as I watched the first glimmers of sunlight peek over the horizon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z These are not pots for cooking, I should point out, just decorative pots deployed to catch stray beams of sunlight or reflect the owners’ no doubt expensively buffed and peeled faces. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sif tossed her golden hair and walked out of the hall into the sunlight, to show her new hair to her friends. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The sunlight glinted off the engraved images of the king and his lion. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She turned it in the sunlight, but it remained blank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I stared at the amber band of sunlight, smiling. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Golden sunlight streamed down through the skylight into the armory. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A velvet staircase sliced sunlight across the hall. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She found herself in a spacious room with black walls and thick black curtains on the windows, through which not even a feeble ray of sunlight filtered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As her litter passed beneath the stolen monuments, she went from sunlight to shadow and back again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A minute later, they were out in the open, standing on the very top of the peach, near the stem, blinking their eyes in the strong sunlight and peering nervously around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But a chair, sunlight, flowers: these are not to be dismissed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight that came in through the window seemed too bright for late afternoon, too full of an ominous radiance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon he was lost to view behind a funnel cloud of sunlight and magic. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She looked at me, squinting in the sunlight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I glanced up from the pool of sunlight spilling from his window to the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her red hair, coiffed like a helmet, glittered in the sunlight—I could see bits of her scalp where the hair had thinned. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Much of the multicolored fabric is faded now, the color worn away by time and sunlight, but it’s the softest, most comfortable thing in the world. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Under the sunlight in Willits, Agnes and Red Pollard spent their first married moments standing together, hearing the good wishes of their friends. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no electricity so it is dark, except for the area that is illuminated by sunlight pouring in through the glassless windows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had loved his arrow’s movement, its burning ambition in the sunlight, and, besides, it was his best one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in the crisp autumn air in the bright sunlight—— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I want to distract him before he waters it or lets in any sunlight, so I kiss him on the cheek. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Between that, studying for her classes, and the unusually long, wet winter, she had grown wan and pale and sometimes depressed, so she luxuriated in the fresh air and bright sunlight on the ferry. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was as though it were a kind of liquid stuff that poured all over him and got mixed up with the sunlight that filtered through the leaves. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His left hand, motionless on the armrest, with a fresh, unlighted cigarette between the fingers, looked oddly white and inorganic in the brilliant sunlight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I look at the horizon, look back the way we came, the mist mostly burned off by now and the whole swamp forest covered in sunlight. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I see the rectangles of sunlight that slip through my blinds and work their way across the room throughout the day. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tomorrow I hope The Baron and I can tunnel out into the sunlight. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now the shadows of clouds are dragging across it, and patches of sunlight are touch ing down everywhere. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Baker Stream was really a river—broad, clear, and shallow—and very beautiful in the glow of a summery evening, with a backdrop of overhanging trees and the last rays of sunlight sparkling its surface. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, their skin was no longer deathly pale; it was like new-fallen snow, bright and pristine. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The sunlight through the window caught the flare in Kathy’s eyes. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They see sunlight one hour a day, when they are allowed into an outdoor area surrounded by a fence topped with concertina wire. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The court was partly paved with stone, but was roofless, and on a grassplot a fountain played under young trees in the sunlight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I get up out of the chair, advance my feet into the sunlight, in their red shoes, flat-heeled to save the spine and not for dancing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The shell of the egg is smooth but also grained; small pebbles of calcium are defined by the sunlight, like craters on the moon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We had been sitting in the bright warm sunlight, looking at the river, and I chanced to say as we got up,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were so bright—happy—in the sunlight. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was standing with his feet in the bright circle of sunlight below the center of the log ceiling open for smoke. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The orderly who answered C.P.'s knock blinked into the dazzling sunlight. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind me the sounds of footfalls and murmuring rises, and this time when I crane my neck around I get a glimpse of the crowd, gathering in the first bit of sunlight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Ahead, the gull-white hull of the wreck gleamed in the sunlight, beckoning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A pale ring of sunlight burns into the clouds like the end of a lit cigarette. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The sunlight had been faint for over a week, and Julie worried about her vegetables. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Morning-lanterns drift through the halls, catching sunlight from long picture windows to carry through darker corridors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Extra torches were being lit in all quarters, so the city looked almost bathed in sunlight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight thru the falls casts waves of watery light over her face but that’s the only thing on it that moves. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The stone pathway leading back to the parking lot is dappled in shade and spots of sunlight. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then another kid stumbled outside into the sunlight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The leaves spend the whole day using sunlight to make food—sugars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As if through a gate they saw the sunlight before them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He sits on the left side of the train, the winter sunlight strong on his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We hid behind a litde kiosk filled with souvenir crystals—wind chimes and dream catchers and stuff like that, glittering in the sunlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But upon one form the sunlight fell: a young man upon a white horse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A hazy patch of sunlight shone through the open door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We stand there a while, locked in an embrace, feeling each other, the sunlight, the rustle of the leaves at our feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “More coyote tracks. Porcupine scat. And the newest snow was so dry that whenever some slid off a high tree branch, it was like shining bits of gold shimmering down in the sunlight.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The pale sunlight flashed off the golds and reds every time Joff moved. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His hair in the sunlight was the rusty red of a robin’s breast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z His eyes sparkled in the sunlight, but the rest of his face was as hard as stone. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The new-minted sunlight glints from the golden chessmen on this perfect afternoon. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z "According to your latest satellite data, the dust storm in Arabia Terra isn't abating at all, and will block eighty percent of the sunlight?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She was being escorted by a petite woman with long black hair, dangly earrings, and a smile like a flash of sunlight. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And if there had been sunlight just moments ago, it suited them now to have stars, so they did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Riding home, the sunlight fading, an enormous red bird with long tail feathers sailed over me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The gold sequins that covered his tunic glittered in the afternoon sunlight. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then they broke out into the sunlight and for a while they were busy finding and devouring rood as they moved down the scar toward the platform and the meeting. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It is nearly ten in the morning when he wakes up again, unobstructed sunlight brightening the room. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at the Argo II. Its massive bronze hull glittered in the sunlight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But in the end she let Kate hoist her up, and in this way, at last, they made it out of the dormitory and into sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z All at once his white shirt blazed out, and I came out after him from shadow into full sunlight on a wide green meadow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight could cause malignancy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The big tuna hangs in the air long enough to catch the sunlight and then wham! back into the water with a mouthful of the little fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The light began to fade, and the mouth of the cave, behind me, became a crescent of sunlight against the high, fallen ceiling. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was already beginning to set beyond new black clouds which were rising in the west, and men came out into the open to watch the last sunlight flame across the fields. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls it out again and holds it up to the sunlight. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I imagine the cottage feels haunted at night, but surrounded by trees in the spring sunlight, it is beautiful. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then we bought, and then we all went out into the sunlight and the heat, and climbed back on top of the bus. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He had picked flowers along the path, flowers with yellow long petals the color of the sunlight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “What?” my mom asked as we emerged back into the sunlight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They would squint into the dense, oppressive sunlight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight reflecting off the panes feels like a pinch to my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I walk out the back door and stand in the fading, dusky sunlight. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Harry lay curled up in the towel, still and quiet as the sunlight falling on the bed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The rest of the villagers, gathered in the thin steaming sunlight on the muddy ground in the middle of the houses, couldn’t understand the words, but they saw the headman’s pleasure. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounding the plume seen in visible light is a vast cloud, bright in reflected ultraviolet sunlight and composed of very small particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a noise, I suppose, which must’ve been the detonator, so I glanced behind me and watched Lemon step from the shade into bright sunlight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His obsidian black robes seemed to pull most of the sunlight out of the room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Whoever it was stood silhouetted against the sunlight, and for a moment I couldn’t make out the face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She dashed out into the yard, her silhouette fading, disappearing into the glistening sunlight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When I could point at the sky and make a sword appear, a silver bolt in the sunlight, and control its slashing with my mind, the old people said I was ready to leave. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right,” said Malcolm, finding the sharpest knife in the drawer and pulling several sprout stalks across the table in the pale February sunlight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Her robes were forest green, dappled with gold and white like sunlight shifting through branches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The dust put into the air in a full nuclear exchange would reflect sunlight and cool the Earth a little. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re exposed to chemicals, sunlight, and different environments, all of which can cause DNA changes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I took out my book industriously, but halfway through rechecking the first problem I was daydreaming, watching the sunlight play on the red-barked trees. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It had a super trendy exterior, she noted in surprise, the shiny silver letters glinting in the fading sunlight. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I move the eggcup a little, so it’s now in the watery sunlight that comes through the window and falls, brightening, waning, brightening again, on the tray. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The light was turning gold, and sunlight shone through a gap in the mountains and made a bar of radiance on a wall of rock just beyond the oasis. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At its very top was mounted a lantern that included a mirror for reflecting sunlight during the day, and for an oil-fed fire at night. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Well, I know a man so stingy that he wouldn’t eat out in the sunlight, ’cause he was scared his shadow might ask for some of the food!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Blepharismin causes no trouble unless the animal swims into sunlight, but then the pigment kills it outright. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As the seasons changed outside the windows, as the weeping willows shed their million leaves, as snow fell on the flat roof and the angle of sunlight declined, Desdemona remained in bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We sat on boxes in the sunlight with our backs against the wall and watched traffic come and go in the French Market. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sycamores formed a solid, tangled bower that kept out the sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was odd to see them out here shining in the sunlight instead of under the dim lights of the storage room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The houses standing among the green hills were a miserable sight with not a ray of sunlight to brighten their ruins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Studio B was open, the sleek metal barres pushed off to the far sides of the room, warm autumn sunlight streaming through the windows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was sunlight coming in through the shutters. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Its leaves were bathed in sunlight, and its musky odor reached me faintly in the breeze that blew against the back of the house. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z That was the only life—water leaping in the late sunlight. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z So, still admiring themselves and each other, they moved on together through the little wood, till presently they came upon a little open space filled with sunlight. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Bars and splashes of sunlight flitted over him and sweat made glistening streaks on his dirty body. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Tangerine-colored sunlight cast itself over her body as she approached, and by that time she was close enough for Ekon to see her face—to really see what he had not recognized before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I walk slowly here, in and out through patches of sunlight like empty mansion rooms, methodically listening to each footstep press the grass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Palmer was about to throw his vote to baseball when suddenly the sunlight was briefly snipped, as if a page had been turned in front of a lightbulb. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I stood in the belly of my shadow and listened to the strokes spaced and tranquil along the sunlight, among the thin, still little leaves. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they led me outside, and sunlight hit my face for the first time in over half a year. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As she walked into the rich smell of sunlight and growing things, a path opened wide before her like an old carriage road just rediscovered. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The instant his unprepossessing head emerged into daylight, sunlight, Franny took him under the shoulders and lifted him up into intimate greeting distance. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z When these breezes reached the platform the palm fronds would whisper, so that spots of blurred sunlight slid over their bodies or moved like bright, winged things in the shade. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It flashed in the sunlight, and Kin’s mouth fell open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The distant horizon blurred a little, and the birds’ trills and the soft golden blanket of sunlight over the fields and orchards seemed out of place—like laughter in a church. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I wake, sunlight is slanting through the trees, making their shadows lean and long. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He’s laughing, sunlight turning his brown hair gold. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Only a sliver of sunlight cracked through the closed drapes, making the room feel dreary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was the one place where sunlight fell on the city, down through the gap where the seraph’s wings came together in front and didn’t quite meet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We move in tiny bits, cell by cell, roots inching farther, buds nudged into the sunlight. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Just last week, they found Victor in the Chicago River,” Frankie called after me as I threw open the doors and stumbled into the deliriously bright sunlight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Everywhere she looked, the fortress had the faint blue tinge of ice; even the sunlight seemed less golden than white. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Desperate and dirty though I was, the faint promise of happiness glimmered before me like sunlight through the ceiling of the forest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A few feet above him, pale yellow sunlight shone through a grating; the feeble beam ended abruptly on a wall of rough, damp stone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The sunlight blinds me, and my legs are not working too good, but I try to stand straight. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The two boats churned up the lake for almost a quarter of a mile, locked together in that configuration— Washington’s white blades glinting in the sunlight, Cal’s flashing shards of blue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They stayed unmoving for a few minutes, the room silent with sunlight. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I decided that my best plan would be to wait for a really sunny day and then use my glasses to focus the sunlight on a piece of my clothing and start a fire. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Max tilts her head to the sky, a narrow beam of sunlight slipping through the buildings and falling on her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Their limbs stuck out at awkward angles through the wooden bars of the cage, and at the sudden sunlight they cried loudly, scrambling over each other to try to get out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z From this place, we are invisible but have a clear view of the valley, which is teeming with summer life, greens to gather, roots to dig, fish iridescent in the sunlight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a shock, like walking from the dismal swamps into sudden brilliant sunlight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight was hot in the little square, and the silence was profound. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Trees leaned over the wall, sprayed with sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In Trip’s half-made bed, in Trip’s room with yesterday’s shirt on the floor, with the lights off and the shade half closed, striping both their bodies with sunlight, she let instinct take over. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I saw a burst like a flare of sunlight pull away from me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Nico stared at the sunlight coming through the windows, as if wishing he could escape through those narrow openings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She burst into warm afternoon sunlight and found that the street hadn’t changed — the crumbling pastel houses, the blue cobblestones, dozens of cats sleeping under cars or in the shade of banana trees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the very least, with the benefit of sleep and sunlight, Jinny knew what she needed to do next. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Beautiful or not, a look at the sunlight through straight glass would have blinded them inside of half a minute. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Hopefully the sunlight would make them sluggish if they had to fight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In that noon sunlight he shone of his own light. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The blue gem embedded in her stone crown pulsed in the faint sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I remember the racy, dreamy, light-headed pleasure of that morning’s haul in the sunlight over the abysses. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight came into the room with the peacefulness one remembers from rooms in one’s early childhood—a sunlight encountered later only in one’s dreams. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Late sunlight glides through tall French windows, and the air tastes of silver polish. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For a moment, fading sunlight catches in the metal and twinkles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A red Maserati soared over the woods, glowing brighter and climbing higher until it disappeared in a ray of sunlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Fourth: Life on Earth runs almost exclusively on sunlight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As she talks I watch the freckles on her cheeks, dappled like sunlight through dense leaves. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Kepler described comets as darting through space “as the fishes in the sea,” but being dissipated by sunlight, as the cometary tail always points away from the sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The unfurling of an embryo; the reach of a plant toward sunlight; the ritual dance of bees—every biological activity required the decoding of coded instructions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The world grew less dark; Celaena could see cracks of sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When he shifted to dip his pen in the inkwell, the sunlight caught the gold buttons on his uniform jacket and made them glint like blades. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Its hide was dappled green and yellow, like sunlight through a forest canopy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z More than once since arriving in America, I had followed a man in the crowd, drawn by my father’s familiar gait or the wink of sunlight across his gold-rimmed spectacles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The sky was blue overhead now, and the sunlight was bright. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The spear was in my hand, but I held up the skirt so the sunlight could shine on all of it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I could barely see his face because of the sunlight behind him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see him very well in the shimmer from the sunlight off the water, but they appeared to be arguing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought I could see sunlight through the closed lid of my right eye, and I dreamed about waking up in the hospital yesterday afternoon and the nurse moving the curtain away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In a mysterious dance of sunlight and sugar, water and wind and soil, we build invisible bridges to connect with the world. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mariam saw flowers everywhere, tulips, lilies, petunias, their petals awash in sunlight. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Because terraces soak up more sunlight than steep slopes, maize can be grown at higher than usual altitudes on them; irrigation similarly increases the area available for maize farming. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet even upon this shadowed terrain sunlight had very lately sparkled. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby climbed up and out her front door, blinking in the early morning sunlight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Unseen, from two stories up, with the benefit of unambiguous sunlight, she had privileged access across the years to adult behavior, to rites and conventions she knew nothing about, as yet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The part that closes her neckline snap while waiting for the trolley; and brushes lint from his blue serge suit when they come out of the movie house into the sunlight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked easily, with a joy of movement and with a feeling of walking in sunlight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Behind him, just beyond the point where the sunlight reached, Mrs. Coulter was heating some water in a small pan over a naphtha stove. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "Why should she need your Palace of Dust, when I can give her sunlight and sweet water and silks to sleep in?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The illumination from the lamps accompanied the fading sunlight, while the slight angle of the lamplight created soft shadows across his subjects. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z That night in bed, I thought of the way dappled sunlight had danced in Soraya’s eyes, and of the delicate hollows above her collarbone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was sunlight, but not filtered through greenery. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a spray and a spurt of crimson in the sunlight, and the bodies of the slaves crumpled and twitched and one by one fell to the freshly cut grass. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In the center of the glade, on the grass some distance from them, was an ornate golden crown, which glittered in the afternoon sunlight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They rounded a bend in the path where the sunlight had not yet withdrawn. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Within Jackson Park the sudden shift from sunlight to darkness drew Burnham outside. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She glanced through an archway that led to a patio still in full sunlight. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z There he was, stacking box fans in a square of sunlight wearing faded jeans, a short-sleeved white T-shirt, and the same Texas Rangers cap. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But then he looks away, squinting at the sunlight that’s burning down on his red face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I am unable to discern him clearly because the bright morning sunlight has for the moment reduced him to a silhouette. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson remained quiet a long while, gazing at the boys on the ramp and squinting at the sunlight on the Cut. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The curtains are open downstairs but the French doors are closed, sunlight reflecting off the glass. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I know how sunlight can sharpen pains in the head, so I tell her she must go inside. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A small strip of the Eye’s wheel came up from my shoulder, with seven of the thirty-two pods shining in the sunlight. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry, completely hidden beneath the Invisibility Cloak, emerged into the sunlight outside Honeydukes and prodded Ron in the back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Jeanne’s neighbors were spilling into the sunlight, adjusting their brown woolen tunics, stretching, scratching their oily heads. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A blur of sunlight was crawling across his hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z With the full sunlight shining down she scarcely glittered at all, save for where the darkest shadows touched her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Down, down the winding passage they went, through darkness and spider webs and dripping water, until at last they emerged into a cold wind, brilliant sunlight, and the sound of waves breaking on rocks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Cautiously I stepped into the sunlight and squinted across the ruined lawn at Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Her dark eyes widen, and her face is radiant with sunlight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Down they went, and farther down, and still the sunlight followed them, deep into the valley, while overhead the branches tossed unceasingly in the bright sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had not shaved, and in the clear morning sunlight, his stubble looked like tiny dots drawn on his jaw. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His hair, still the color of afternoon sunlight on ripe wheat, fell to his shoulders, revealing a high and wide brow over his frank brown eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, motionless, identical, their poles slanting slenderly in the sunlight, also identical. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His gaze narrowed as it dragged over tree trunks and up to the lush green canopy where sunlight filtered through. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their bodies were tanned and their hair was bleached by the sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight at this hour cast everything in streaking bronze, making it all picture worthy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z All around the plane, the vast blue sky shimmered in the sunlight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For some reason Beth is in the front seat of the car, her newly red hair glowing unnaturally in the sunlight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In my hands is a tall glass with a cool drink beaded with condensation that catches the sunlight, refracting it like a kaleidoscope. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The weather had changed and the whole of that green enclosure was filled, like a great green cup, with sunlight. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The planet earth produces no light of its own, but merely reflects sunlight, just as the moon does. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Water cascades from a hose, making rainbows against the sunlight like it did six years ago, right before bullets took Natasha. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Sunday’s sunlight fills our room the next morning. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The water near the bank was a clear, pale green, cool over my ankles, and the pebbles at the bottom were dappled with sunlight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His eyes reminded her of old apothecary bottles, deep brown, when the sunlight hit them and turned them almost amber. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I stood at the window to admire the sunlight slanting over the golf course, and burnishing the bare trees on the distant hills. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He pointed to the glassy water just ahead of them and then to a patch far ahead where little ripples danced in the sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The garden smelled so good and looked so pretty in die afternoon sunlight Edna plucked all the bright flowers she could find, and went into the house with them, she and the little dog. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The first ray of sunlight raced across the sky. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The shadows on the road were as still as if they had been put there with a stencil, with slanting pencils of sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Chances are the thread viruses can survive for some time—if the surface is free of sunlight, which would break apart the virus’s genetic material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the pale early-morning sunlight, the white alabaster of its front gleamed painfully in her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her apron smelled like sunlight, the way Celia’s did when it came straight from the clothesline. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dismay stood, majestic, washed in sunlight, near the edge of the rock, on the tip-top of the slope, like he always did when he first got there. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Bailey is escorted to a room half the size of his entire house but he finds he cannot sleep, despite the heavy curtains blocking out the sunlight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I watch as Peeta crosses to the table, the sunlight from the window picking up the glint of fresh snow in his blond hair. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Men and women black as night, strolling in bright sunlight along the riverbanks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a little after five o’clock, and there was still sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “For a year perhaps,” I said, “not forever. Who could endure such a filtering of sunlight and fresh air as they do?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed tight against the bright sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She had glued, sewn, or pasted them on as outer pockets, and in the sunlight, she shimmered as if dressed in fish scales. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Nok lay on her pallet for a long while, looking up at the ceiling while the sunlight warmed the room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As we left the moon, we curved around its right side, and we could see it gleaming in the sunlight, vividly etched against the black sky in gray- tan tones. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved through warm patches of sunlight and dark pools of shade. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The soft sunlight cast leaf shadows across her face and the wind made gentle ripples in the moss-colored lake in front of her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Far away in the sunlight there was a sound of voices, a shouting and a great hello. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You'll get sunstroke if you keep on sitting in the full sunlight,” said a familiar voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A floater might eat preformed organic molecules, or make its own from sunlight and air, somewhat as plants do on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a strong, gritty breeze blowing, and the street was in harsh relief, with even more sunlight, fewer shadows than before. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Uncle Jet entered, standing in the warm orange afternoon sunlight that came in from his bedroom window. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Already sunlight was slanting across the yard, and in the stillness the flies buzzed about a patch of dung a few feet away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A breath of cold, dank air met me, the smell of an old musty cellar shut away from sunlight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He lay a little while longer looking at patches of sunlight on the wall, and listening to the sound of a waterfall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Late spring sunlight shone through the breaks in the masonry and through the barred door, shocking in its brightness, and Scarlett blinked and covered her eyes at the suddenness of the glare. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I woke up with the sunlight just before seven on Saturday morning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But on the last Sunday of that April, a Sunday of sunlight and bright sky, Jethro lay in the grass on Walnut Hill, and rage mingled with the grief in his heart. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He examined it in the sunlight, then wiped it again and went inside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There were of course all sorts of colored things in the bedroom; the colored counterpane on the bed, the wallpaper, the sunlight from the window, and Mother’s pretty, pale blue dressing jacket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z In my memory, she is made of sunlight and fresh air. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The sunlight seemed to dim as she read, sinking deeper and deeper into the silent world inside the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In between the two are old, pretty houses that seem to shine in the sunlight like charms on a giant bracelet, linked together by the flower gardens that spill over their neat picket fences. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Moments later, Alice rushed out and threw herself on the ground, rolling this way and that; in the evening sunlight, her sand-patched skin was tinted with gold. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dicey looked down a long dirt driveway that ran between fields of corn turned to color of August sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The air’s cool, but not cold, and with the days growing longer, there’s still plenty of sunlight and lots of spring color everywhere. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The sign must have protected them from sunlight and the elements. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I hold up a tiny leaf in the sunlight and whisper, “Sorry, little guy, but I’m going to have to send you off for testing.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There might have been no war at all for an hour or so, as the men ate and joked in the mellow sunlight of the dooryard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat bent over, smelling the sharp dry odor of wood burning in the hot sunlight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no drops of rain at all; instead, there is sunlight casting a soft glow around him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then the sunlight was back again, and I could see it in my sleep through the lid of my right eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The late-afternoon sunlight warmed her face, and the last balmy breeze of autumn rushed through her unbound hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There was bright sunlight on his face, and the cow byre was empty. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When they next stepped into the sunlight, they were in South Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They darted for the doorway that Rawiya now held open and Moss burst out into the sunlight, his eyes overwhelmed by the sudden brightness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Uh...Nothing. Your trailer sounds like it could be a horror movie or maybe...you’re not going to get all sparkly in the sunlight and confess to being a vampire, are you?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “What is your plan, then?” said the bear, who was basking in the sunlight, his belly flat down in a patch of snow among the rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A breeze moved through the house as sunlight burst in from above. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Inside, sunlight spilled through windows set high in walls so tall that Kaede could barely make out the ceiling far above. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A great domed glass roof glittered high above him in sunlight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It reminds me of the mines and my father, trapped, unable to reach sunlight, buried forever in the darkness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One with sunlight from the morning, higher in the sky, lighting a man’s back as he turns from one direction to the other but never fully around. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The spare room is shadowy even with the sunlight filtering through the small windows. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The girl stumbles into the sunlight, where she dissolves into a cloud of ashes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Ozwin, the farmer-botanist, needed a glasshouse and fields for planting, so he, too, had to go out of the city and out of the citadel’s shadow, where his seeds and seedlings would see sunlight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At noon, sunlight would pour in through the hole and make the Buddha statue appear to glow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Brandon pushed the door open, allowing sunlight to spill into the school. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Looks like a fountain of fish, hot and silver in the sunlight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the sidewalk before the house, too dazzled at first by the sunlight to see very clearly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Late afternoon, the sky hazy, the sunlight diffuse but heavy and everywhere, like bronze dust. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt it come out of the shadows, and the sunlight on the back of his neck turned to frost. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But as soon as he had the plow out in the sunlight, Mr. Fitzgibbon turned the tractor’s engine off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The man sits where the full sunlight hits him harshly. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I am going to paint him out here on the verandah, in the shade. I want to catch the sunlight on his skin,” Amaka said, when Obiora joined them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He went on with his painting, covering the green shutters with sunlight yellow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The sunlight on the water had left spots dancing in front of my eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Streams of sunlight shot through Cecile’s cheap curtains and pointed out Delphine, you got a whole lot of work to do. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At first he thought it was leather, but in the sunlight he saw it clearly to be dried meat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly the room was awash with a big swath of sunlight. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As the last sunlight of the day entered Burnham’s suite, he and Margaret set off for the first-class dining room on the deck below. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She crosses over to me, but I watch the glimmer of sunlight that’s shining through the window and lighting up the tile on the floor. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Its leaves harvest sunlight to photosynthesize, so trees compete by shadowing their neighbors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the magnetosphere anyone unfortunate enough to step into sunlight would pretty quickly take on the appearance of, let us say, an overcooked pizza. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The white cotton curtains are shielding us from the early sunlight. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the cheers of the Sons of the Six all around him, whooping and tossing their spears high as the first hints of true, unfiltered sunlight began to dapple the ground before them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Morning sunlight swept across the tiled floor and over the white bed sheets, bathing the room in warmth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The living room was filled with warm air and sunlight from the windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Lightning filled the sky like a sudden flash of deadly sunlight. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the lounge chair, sat down, and continued to stare at the sunlight on the ailanthus. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Where a bomb had pierced the roof, sunlight fell down in broad beams. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Parts of the forest were quite heavy, but in other parts you could see the komorebi—the sunlight filtering through the trees. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A blinding reflection, like a mirror makes in sunlight, is flashing at me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A-glitter everywhere, as though with fiery points of sunlight, lusters of the moon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Freckled it was, and although Essie’s eyesight was going she could see each orange hair on the back of his hand, glowing golden in the afternoon sunlight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Dusty fingers of sunlight reached through the skylight and the narrow slates of a gable vent at the opposite end of the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A little sunlight was just beginning to stream in around the blanket they’d hung in front of the sliding-glass patio door. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knocked, and an old man, a stranger with a few strands of white and rumpled hair, peered blearily into the sunlight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the morning sunlight, his eyes were tiny red points of fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He wanted to get into the open sunlight of the park. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Jasper with another word stopped the water, and the grasses waved dry in the sunlight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She wore a white shirtwaist and black skirt that accentuated her trim figure, and she was seated beside a window, her hair candescent with sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The town of Crisfield lay in the sunlight before them, bleached white as the oyster shells scattered around the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z So we went in together and he got them from behind the door—you should have seen the orchids blooming with all that sunlight coming in—and we went down to the horseshoe pits. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her face looked drawn in the bright sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Miss Gage and she looked a little older in the bright sunlight and not so pretty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Their faces were pale from a lack of sunlight, but White recognized them: Hale and Ramsey. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She slid her phone back into her pocket and turned around to me, squinting into the sunlight. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He stood on the Talbots’ patio, blinking in the sunlight, breathing in the smell of fresh air and danger. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, bright sunlight turned the roughened water into patches of flashing silver. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As the plants moved in the breeze, the sunlight dappled and speckled back and forth over the brown soil, the white pebbles and weeds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, as Dustfinger opened the door, bright sunlight shone into the building. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Tally felt the weight of the mountain pressing down upon her, and found that she was still struggling to breathe as she pulled herself out into the sunlight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He pointed, smiling, toward the mountains, some of whose slopes were spangled with sunlight. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the outer door and sunlight flooded the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dicey felt cold, despite the heat of sunlight reflected off water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Shacks, bleached white by sunlight, leaned against one another. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The hemlocks whispered of rest and peace; the lake spoke of sunlight lingering in its depths, the joy of otters at their games. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I catch the gleam of sunlight on his sword and do as Peeta says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The afternoon sunlight was luxuriant on her skin; she’d been sequestered in her car for the past three hours. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He pushed open the door, and the sunlight hit them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I tiptoed away from him as the sky exchanged sunlight for darkness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The chain is from a locket... spinning around... flashing the sunlight into my eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Curt Lemon steps from the shade into bright sunlight, his face brown and shining, and then he soars into a tree. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, the long, orange sunlight heralded the approach of evening. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I hold the snowball in my hand, fluffy and compact, the flakes catching the sunlight. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Out in the sunlight, he was far less intimidating than he had been in the shade. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The last bright rays of sunlight split his head in half, like a big ax splitting logs for winter kindling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Fire cleared away trees and shrubs, allowing wheat and other grasses to monopolise the sunlight, water and nutrients. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “And it’s mine!” she crowed, holding it up in the sunlight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I lie there until the first crescent of sunlight appears on the floor of my bedroom, like a seashell washed in on the tide. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Its body was leonine, the skin stretched across its lean frame the pale pink color of something that hadn’t seen true sunlight in years. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I imagined myself in crop tops around town, or in a bikini by the pool, my belly ring catching the sunlight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He inched himself on his bottom, like a shy crab, toward the tip-top of the slope, to the highest spot, where he sat, washed in sunlight, surveying the kingdom that was Snowberger’s. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z How long ago had his hair turned from sunlight into snow? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The time had come for the assembly and as he walked into the concealing splendors of the sunlight he went carefully over the points of his speech. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I set the glass on a bench and knelt so that the sunlight entering the small window shone on my head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The April sunlight had already warmed the attic to a delightful toastiness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Even without sunlight, there were actual plants—clumps of reeds, scrawny leafless trees, even a few sickly-looking flowers blooming in the muck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The castle ghosts were there too, barely visible in the bright sunlight, discernible only when they moved, shimmering insubstantially on the gleaming air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Joel’s cows were harvesting their own feed: grasses that had grown right there, powered by little more than sunlight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Her purple cloak glittered strangely, catching the sunlight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Multicolored mushrooms, poisonous shrubs, and weird luminous plants grew without sunlight. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Gerald and Angel stood at the kitchen sink together, the sunlight of a November day filtering weakly through the small window. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she moved her hands, they flashed in the brilliant sunlight: diamonds, rubies, sapphires. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her hair was short and blunt, cut off abruptly right below her chin, and red in the sunlight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There was drama here, I can tell them—thousands upon thousands of us crossing the Rappahannock with banners flying, drums rolling, and our instruments of death gleaming in the sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Early-morning sunlight glinted off the water, throwing out ripples from the fish caught by the overnight lines which were baited and left to drift each evening by Brother Alf. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In his own angel shape, shimmering like a heat haze in the sunlight, he said, “You were foolish to go to her. All you want to do now is see the woman again.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I see only taxis, people of all ages, and sunlight glinting off windows. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The large windows beside our table let in so much sunlight I feel like I’m sitting outside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The glass building above the Pit reflects sunlight into my eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The sunlight has a way of dulling the world in Bakersfield, and I gaze out the window and everything is like a copy of an original. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Where it bent or broke it glimmered bright in the sunlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The tips of church spires up in Poughkeepsie, on the east side, were just catching the last rays of sunlight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Charlotte had written the word RADIANT, and Wilbur really looked radiant as he stood in the golden sunlight. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Icicles form on the eaves trough above the south window, dripping in the sunlight with a steady sound like a leak. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Every one of them, even the sunlight, looked faded and dingy. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The curtains hadn’t been drawn, and the room was full of sunlight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A salty breeze blew in from the ocean, and it was cool even in the sunlight. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Bob and Damasen had sacrificed their lives so that Percy and Annabeth could sit here now, enjoying the sunlight and laughing with their friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The squirrels were running and jumping and chattering and flashing their tails in the sunlight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon they’d take the catchers and jars up to the roof and lay them out on tar paper to soak up the sunlight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Now the cabin had the look of a lonely old man brooding in the summer sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It shone in the sunlight like a cross. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Benny who told me beams of sunlight will take you up to heaven. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z David’s hoverboard had spent the night hidden in the cave, and hadn’t had any sunlight for a whole day now, but it had just enough charge to get them back up the mountain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Don’t think, don’t think, I told myself, looking fixedly at a bright, cold pool of sunlight soaking into the rug near my feet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the sunlight filtering in, but there was a strange beauty captured in them, a special care. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I was standing in the sunlight, holding the skirt to my waist, when Rontu leaped to his feet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z This notion came to Prendergast initially as a glimmer, like the first sunlight to strike the Masonic tower each morning, but now he thought of it a thousand times a day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But we’d been walking a good long time and there was still-plenty of sunlight and I hadn’t heard rattle the first. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was ideal apple-eating weather; the whitest sunlight descended from the purest sky, and an easterly wind rustled, without ripping loose, the last of the leaves on the Chinese elms. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And I love the brief Queens sunlight at the end of the day, the warm lamp always reaching through the westward tops of that magnificent city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof buckled and three huge metal fingers tore through the skin of the car like a fork through an eggshell, trailing dust and sunlight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Now the sunlight had lifted clear of the open space and withdrawn from the sky. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z There was nothing back there but the trees and the brush and the sunlight dappling the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The shark looked like a ghost with its white belly and broad fins stretched to the sky, reflecting the sunlight. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There was little wind; the clouds were patchy; every now and then there were dazzling flashes of bright sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Of course I was happy about the sunlight. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I think I finally worked out how to deal with the lack of sunlight on the hillside,” Dad said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was nowhere as blond as Vera Louise’s hair once was, but its sunlight color, its determined curliness, endeared him to her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And the way her face lit up, she looked a bit like a baby bird who’d just discovered there was sunlight in the world. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As he turned, a few scattered rays of sunlight caught the metal handle of the gun tucked into the waistband of his jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The fish swam merrily around in its bowl as the silk of her brocade bag made the sunlight skip around the room. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He kept his hand over his eyes, shading himself as if from bright sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were half as big as grapes but hung in bunches much like grapes and when Brian saw them, glistening red in die sunlight he almost yelled. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Their feet kicked up dust that swirled in the buckshot beams of sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An entire troop of Recruiters ran alongside him, shaking their cuffs, their shock-watches glinting in the sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She could see the sunlight through the open door of the little thatched hut she slept in, Mary’s house. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His black, sleek hide shone in the sunlight. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the sun-splashed ground over an area of perhaps fifty yards from where he lay, and as he watched, the sunlight in every patch blinked at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Much smaller, I thought, and not nearly so menacing, and in the bright sunlight it was hard to picture what had happened on this ground some twenty years ago. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As he speaks, I notice the sunlight turning more orange than yellow, and casting darker shadows over his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The little upland lawn was open upon the East and was filled now with the early sunlight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The door doesn’t click all the way shut and a sliver of sunlight seeps in. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As my train emerged from the tunnel into sunlight, only the hot whistles of the National Biscuit Company broke the simmering hush at noon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I get a full day of sunlight every day from now on. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Doesn't look like anything got too baked by the sunlight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned her back and looked out at the quiet terraced houses in full sunlight, at the way she had come from the High Street. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The bright afternoon sunlight was a shock after the shadowy cool of Hollows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Everything is bright: bright peach walls, bright blue furniture, bright sunlight streaming in through big bright windows. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The world looked blurred through the window and I waited for my eyes to accustom themselves to sunlight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The town seemed asleep in the cold sunlight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped the louvers until they sparkled in the afternoon sunlight, paid attention to the tiny cracks in the bathtub, polished the saucers that he used to serve kola nut to Master’s friends. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “It certainly can be. Students thrive in different environments. You can’t expect a rose to bloom in the desert. But put the rose in a greenhouse with sunlight and water, it will blossom.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Ice, as Estraven had said, tends to hold a high-pressure zone above its central area, where thousands of square miles of white reflect the sunlight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The weather beyond the train windows was as patchy as it had been all summer; they passed through stretches of the chilling mist, then out into weak, clear sunlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Broad strips of dazzling gold sunlight fell across the corridor from the high windows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As the sunlight flooded the dark interior, the howling abruptly stopped. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They were just past the entrance to the Egyptian Walk, out of the direct sunlight, under the pines and the sprawling monkey puzzle tree. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A frame of bright sunlight edged my curtains. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Vincent is still working hard and is making progress. His paintings are becoming lighter, and his great quest is to get sunlight into them,” Theo tells Lies. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her arms and legs were dappled by sunlight and the shadows of leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As sunlight flooded into the room, he turned toward the door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z This was owing largely to the eleven years she had spent caring for her invalid mother, which had left her with some proficiency as a nurse and an inability to face strong sunlight without blinking. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As I raised the blind, and the morning sunlight flooded the room, I heard the Professor’s low hiss of inspiration, and knowing its rarity, a deadly fear shot through my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When Sam awoke, he found that he was lying on some soft bed, but over him gently swayed wide beechen boughs, and through their young leaves sunlight glimmered, green and gold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Down below were the gardens, bare now but beautifully regular, the gravel paths, the trees, the stone wall by the lake and the lake in the sunlight with the mountains beyond. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His technique was to expose a variety of chemical compounds to energizing sunlight. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I dug and dug until the soft brown pulp beneath the bark began to glow in the sunlight. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The piano, waxed and polished every week, gleams in the sunlight from the curved bay window. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The late-afternoon sunlight leaped lightly from leaf to leaf, slid along branches and down trunks, and dropped finally to the ground in warm, luminous patches. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The cabin lamp over the ship’s wheel had been left on; a ripple of sunlight, flaring through a window, shimmered on the starboard wall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He had left the sunlight of the new day behind him on the open sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Because the tarred roads spring potholes like surprise presents and the air smells of hills and history and the sunlight scatters the sand and turns it into gold dust. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The iridescent particles soared above La Llorona and fell over her in a divine shower that bathed her in what I can only describe as sunlight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Ear and Eye bent toward the Mellower like flowers to the sunlight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Kaltain bowed, the gold streaks in her dress glistening in the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As they stood for a moment looking at the white water in the sunlight, Haldir came walking towards them over the green grass of the glade. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He sees a young couple standing in a patch of sunlight on the sidewalk, feeding each other pastries from a bag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z You wrapped one around a finger and twirled it so the beads caught the sunlight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Their rich silk clothing shimmered in the fading sunlight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Under the thick canopy of trees, it was difficult for true sunlight to find its way through, but that didn’t stop the heat from rising as the hours passed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Aqueous sunlight rippled over the spines of books and the smell of warm dust was everywhere. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The amphitheater opened to the southwest, so it was flooded with sunlight; on clear afternoons when there was no wind it was warm enough to sit comfortably outside in a T-shirt. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z |
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