Definition of SUNBEAM

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Like so much of Montana, the unbound sky was bold and giant, rolling with storms, then cast with sunbeams and blue. — Andrew Evans, chicagotribune.com, "Feel the pull of the prairie on a uniquely American safari in Montana," 5 July 2018 Errant beams of sunlight are a clichéd way of illuminating a hidden treasure, but that didn’t stop a California sunbeam from solving a 90-year-old mystery at the fabled Hearst Castle. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Sunshine Sheds Light on 17th-Century Mystery Painting At Hearst Castle," 14 Mar. 2018 Later, at school in a science class, the teacher showed us a glass prism that, when placed in a sunbeam, cast a little rainbow onto the desk. — Staff, cleveland.com, "Comment here on cleveland.com court and crime stories for Sunday, March 11, 2018," 10 Nov. 2017 Then, as Mr Moscato leaves, a sunbeam suddenly lights up her apartment. — The Economist, "Soul tradersDemand for exorcists is soaring in France," 20 July 2017 In one canvas, a columnar sunbeam floats against a white wall; in another, cars are faintly reflected in glass. — Adam Gordon, The New Yorker, "Adam Gordon," 8 Apr. 2017 Then came an eruption of colors: vivid patterns of palm trees and sunbeams printed on stiffened, corrugated fabrics that Mr. Green said were inspired by the thought of venturing toward paradise. — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, "What You Need to Know From London Fashion Week Men’s," 13 June 2017 The supernova campaign serves as a reminder, whether comforting or terrifying, that humanity exists on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam, as Carl Sagan once wrote. — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, "People Are Turning to Outer Space for Relief From Trump News," 2 June 2017 Kirchheimer films the face of these cities with an ardor for details, a fervent love of beauty, of line, form, color—and of the bewitching random wonders of reflections and shadows, the passage of pedestrians and the glint of sunbeams. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "A Jewish-Refugee Filmmaker’s Urban American Vision," 3 Feb. 2017

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