see daylight
Example Sentences
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They could not see daylight and had no way to work out if it was day or night.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Barely two months later, the Nittany Lions have plummeted into a hole so deep they can barely see daylight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Though they were getting airplay, the band’s album, which they recorded in 1981, didn’t see daylight because the ill-fated Rock-A-Mod Records, which they recorded the album for, folded before it could be released.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
But Eric Adams can still see daylight and is determined not to quit.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024
One thing I know, you ain’t supposed to see daylight when you look at the bottom of a boat.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
