daylights
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"It scared the daylights out of me," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024
“I chose tennis because I loved that you can just hit the living daylights out of the ball.”
From Washington Times • May 31, 2023
“This should scare the living daylights out of American citizens,” Mr. Scott said.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022
“It scared the absolute daylights out of me,” Power said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2022
“Somebody knocked the daylights out of you,” she said, and a moment later she was humming “Oh! Susanna” at that same frantic speed she’d hummed it before.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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