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That shadow isn’t perfect, so sunbeams sneak around the shadow’s edges, bathing the moon in warm hues.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 May 2025 Schools of fish dance between the trees and sunbeams—like brushstrokes.—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025 The bleak outlook quickly turns around thanks to the arrival of Krypto, who snowballs towards his Kryptonian and grabs him by the cape, dragging the superhero toward his Fortress of Solitude where a huddle of caped, quippy robots are ready to administer a healthy dose of sunbeams.—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025 That shadow isn’t perfect, so faint sunbeams sneak around the shadow’s edges on all sides in the colors of a sunset, bathing the moon in brilliant, warm hues.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sunbeam
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of sunbeam was
before the 12th century
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