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noun ADJ. blazing, bright, brilliant, dazzling | beautiful, glorious, pleasant two weeks of glorious sunshine | hot, sweltering, warm | hazy, mild, pale, watery, wintry | fitful It was a cool day with fitful sunshine. | afternoon, evening, morning | June, July, etc. | autumn, spring, etc. She sat on the wall, enjoying the spring sunshine. VERB + SUNSHINE bask in, enjoy, soak up | be bathed in The town was bathed in spring sunshine. | gleam in, glow in, sparkle in SUNSHINE + VERB beat down, flood, pour, slant, stream The sunshine came streaming in at the window. PREP. in (the) ~ The race was run in bright sunshine. | into the ~ She followed us out into the sunshine.
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sunshine
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sunshine
the spring/summer/autumn/winter sunshine
• She was sitting in the garden, enjoying the spring sunshine.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunshine
• The morning sunshine brightened the room.
bright/brilliant/blazing/dazzling sunshine
• We stepped out of the plane into the bright sunshine of Corfu.
glorious sunshine
(= enjoyable bright sunshine )
• They woke to blue skies and glorious sunshine.
warm/hot sunshine
• Don't spend too long in hot sunshine without a hat.
pale sunshine
(= not strong or hot )
• It was early spring, and pale sunshine shone on the fields.
hazy sunshine
(= sunshine with air that is not clear because of mist etc )
• Tomorrow morning it'll be dry with hazy sunshine.
phrases
a ray of sunshine
• A ray of sunshine filtered through the dirty window.
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