light out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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You Dean Mears took the light out of my life.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
But it’s also standard practice to grant pilots permission to land later than that as long as it’s still light out, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024
For others, it’s when they first realize they’ve finished dinner and it’s still light out, or when the first crocuses poke up through the snow.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
What the scientists needed was to spread the light out along different wavelengths and determine, for each one, which parts of its spectrum had the most light.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
Behind him Juana’s fire leaped into flame and threw spears of light through the chinks of the brush- house wall and threw a wavering square of light out the door.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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