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sunbeam

[suhn-beem] / ˈsʌnˌbim /




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Yosemite’s firefall — the winter convergence of sunbeams and falling water that has drawn growing crowds to the national park’s Horsetail Falls — will be different this year.

From Los Angeles Times

People name their children after her and tattoo their skin with her likeness: a queenly woman surrounded by sunbeams, her head bowed in prayer.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s the human version of a big St. Bernard sprawled out in a sunbeam.

From Literature

The only light came from the sunbeams that angled in at the cave’s arched mouth, some twenty feet away.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal