sunlit

[suhn-lit]

adjective

1. lighted by the sun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunlit¹

First recorded in 1815–25; sun + lit ¹

Example Sentences

Guillermo del Toro renders this with a small sunlit vision: a hulking figure perched on a rooftop, savoring a loaf left out for the spirit the villagers imagine him to be.

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We take the tour and linger and sit in the sunlit seats above the sand.

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Instead of heading right back to Chantel’s place, they make one more stop at a sunlit supermarket with spacious nooks and exposed brick walls, where the shelves offer gourmet canned tomatoes and luscious produce.

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Back outside, with a view of the port and the sunlit open sea, we met a merchant seaman, relaxing on a bench, who told us his son worked for the New York Times.

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Bilal, a nurse, was back at the mass grave site, glancing around at the sunlit landscape, reliving his darkest night.

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