sunray

[ suhn-rey ]

noun
  1. a ray of sunlight; sunbeam.

Origin of sunray

1
First recorded in 1820–30; sun + ray1

Words Nearby sunray

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How to use sunray in a sentence

  • Oriana glanced over her shoulder, and could see a sunray gleaming from something that he held in his right hand.

  • An idea came to him as if into his brain also a sunray had darted, making a sudden light there.

    Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand
  • Of the Hybrid variegated Fuchsias, sunray is by far the best with red variegated leaves ever sent out; it is very ornamental.

    Talks about Flowers. | M. D. Wellcome
  • Drake's grin cut like a sunray through the nightmare dread that shrouded my mind.

    The Metal Monster | A. Merritt
  • A sunray struck her forehead--the forehead was pure, she felt it.