see daylight
idiom
: to be seen or used
Some of the stuff in that closet hasn't seen daylight since the 1970s.
Examples of see daylight in a Sentence
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At the front corners of our Cybertruck there were gaps big enough to see daylight through and hard edges stuck out from the body.
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Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
She's forced to walk under the dam through potentially treacherous terrain to see daylight again.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 15 July 2023
People living north of the equator see daylight for less than 12 hours, according to NASA.
—TIME, 21 Dec. 2023
One of the flight attendants could see daylight out of the back of the jet, and the cabin turned white as atmospheric air condensed.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
But most of them have failed to see daylight.
—Ashraf Khalil, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022
Sometime this summer the bridge will see daylight as the lake level continues slipping.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 June 2021
So if the GOP runs the Senate, Biden’s tax proposals would never see daylight.
—Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020
Pittsburgh got a huge performance from backup running back Benny Snell and a lights-out run defense that never let the Giants' Saquon Barkley see daylight.
—Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
She's forced to walk under the dam through potentially treacherous terrain to see daylight again.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 15 July 2023
People living north of the equator see daylight for less than 12 hours, according to NASA.
—TIME, 21 Dec. 2023
One of the flight attendants could see daylight out of the back of the jet, and the cabin turned white as atmospheric air condensed.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
But most of them have failed to see daylight.
—Ashraf Khalil, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022
Sometime this summer the bridge will see daylight as the lake level continues slipping.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 June 2021
So if the GOP runs the Senate, Biden’s tax proposals would never see daylight.
—Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020
Pittsburgh got a huge performance from backup running back Benny Snell and a lights-out run defense that never let the Giants' Saquon Barkley see daylight.
—Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
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“See daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see%20daylight. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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