in broad daylight

phrase

: 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

If an elderly man can be murdered in broad daylight in a busy park, with more than 200 people nearby, and no one is willing to come forward with information, something larger has been lost. — Simcha Itzkowitz, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

But a daytime fireball is caused by something large enough to be visible in the sky in broad daylight, something large and fast enought to light up a sky brighter than a sunlit day. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026

In 2002, Kara Robinson Chamberlain, then 15, escaped and exposed a serial killer after being abducted in broad daylight. — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

The torque theft recalls the brazen theft at the Louvre in Paris, in which thieves made off with $102 million worth of jewels in less than eight minutes, also in broad daylight. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2026

Rhymes for in broad daylight

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