in broad daylight

idiom

: during the day when people and things can be easily seen rather than at night

The crime was committed in broad daylight.

Examples of in broad daylight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Located on the border of the Artibonite and Northwest regions of Haiti, Bassin-Bleu became the latest rural community to come under gang attack Thursday when more than 50 gunmen targeted residents in broad daylight. —Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

The pressure of perfection starts to tell on Redford’s character, Paul, who winds up drunk, in Washington Square Park, in broad daylight, tipping garbage over himself. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025

For a week now, late-night television has been riding the ripples of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative political activist killed in broad daylight at a rally in Utah. —Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025

And while this civil war of sorts bloomed in the shadows in Kentucky, another culture sprung up in broad daylight. —Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for in broad daylight

• actinolite
• adipocyte
• amphibolite
• anorthosite
• anthophyllite
• aragonite
• carbonatite
• cassiterite
• cristobalite
• crocidolite
• diatomite
• dithionite