see daylight
Example Sentences
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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
That makes it highly unlikely that "Die Hard," if it were pitched fresh in 2023, would see daylight, let alone a summer.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023
Sometimes they wondered if they would ever see daylight again.
From BBC • May 17, 2023
I can see daylight coming through the boarded-up plywood and I cover Freak with my arms and just dive right through that plywood, wham.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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