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

The shooting comes within 24 hours of at least three other fatal shooting incidents in Minneapolis, including a mass shooting Tuesday afternoon in which one person died and six were injured when a gunman opened fire in broad daylight at people standing on a sidewalk. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

Many agents continue to be masked, to drive unmarked vehicles, to conduct snatch-and-grab arrests in broad daylight, and to answer absolutely no questions. —Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025

Gill was waiting to pick up his wife from work when an armed carjacker opened fire in broad daylight. —Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen commander opposed to Moscow who was shot in broad daylight in Berlin in 2019. —Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for in broad daylight

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