Sunbeam
/ˈsʌnbiːm/noun
A ray of sunlight.
A sunbeam shone through a gap in the curtains.
Often appears as...
- catch a sunbeam
- sunbeam shines through
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Brand name of an electrical appliance company.
She bought a Sunbeam electric mixer for her kitchen.
Often appears as...
- sunbeam appliances
- sunbeam products
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A member of the junior section of the Salvation Army for girls.
She became a Sunbeam when she was seven and just joined the Salvation Army.
Often appears as...
- salvation army sunbeam
- sunbeam group
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Brand name of a classic British car produced in the early 20th century.
His vintage Sunbeam sports car is his prized possession.
Often appears as...
- sunbeam car
- sunbeam automobile
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A ray of sunlight.
A sunbeam shone through a gap in the curtains.
Often appears as...
- catch a sunbeam
- sunbeam shines through
noun
Brand name of an electrical appliance company.
She bought a Sunbeam electric mixer for her kitchen.
Often appears as...
- sunbeam appliances
- sunbeam products
noun
A member of the junior section of the Salvation Army for girls.
She became a Sunbeam when she was seven and just joined the Salvation Army.
Often appears as...
- salvation army sunbeam
- sunbeam group
noun
Brand name of a classic British car produced in the early 20th century.
His vintage Sunbeam sports car is his prized possession.
Often appears as...
- sunbeam car
- sunbeam automobile
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Pro Tip 1/3Natural Imagery
Use 'sunbeam' to create a vivid picture of a natural, sunny scene in the reader's mind.
Dancing sunbeams lit up the dew-dropped meadow.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Warmth
'Sunbeam' often conveys a sense of warmth and happiness in literature and descriptive writing.
Her smile was like a sunbeam, bringing joy to everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Transient Phenomenon
Sunbeams often symbolize something beautiful but temporary, when used metaphorically.
The pianist's melody was a sunbeam in the somber room.
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Why we need the...
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling
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After the Avalanche:...
Anyway, that little dot there, if you haven't seen this before, this photograph is called the Pale Blue Dot, and that dot in that sunbeam is us, that's Earth. That was taken from 3.7 billion miles away
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The hidden meanings of...
You think you're getting it? Yang is harder, stronger, brighter, and faster, but one can turn into the other or are two sides of the same coin. The sunbeams are yang in comparison to the shadows.
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
daydreaming regularly about running alongside a sunbeam to the edge of the universe now I have no idea what that image has to do with math and science but it worked for him because he allowed
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Why we need the...
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling
Video examples
After the Avalanche:...
Anyway, that little dot there, if you haven't seen this before, this photograph is called the Pale Blue Dot, and that dot in that sunbeam is us, that's Earth. That was taken from 3.7 billion miles away
Video examples
The hidden meanings of...
You think you're getting it? Yang is harder, stronger, brighter, and faster, but one can turn into the other or are two sides of the same coin. The sunbeams are yang in comparison to the shadows.
Video examples
Daydreaming: The bridge...
daydreaming regularly about running alongside a sunbeam to the edge of the universe now I have no idea what that image has to do with math and science but it worked for him because he allowed
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.
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Anita Brookner
English Historian
You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.
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George Porter
English Scientist
I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.
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John Burroughs
American Author
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
I sang the hymns, and I read the Bible stories, but I was always perplexed, like, 'Really? Jesus wants you for a sunbeam? For a what?
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John Dryden
English Poet
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
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Noel Coward
English Playwright
Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
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Robert Southey
English Poet
It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.
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Anita Brookner
English Historian
You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.
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George Porter
English Scientist
I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.
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John Burroughs
American Author
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
I sang the hymns, and I read the Bible stories, but I was always perplexed, like, 'Really? Jesus wants you for a sunbeam? For a what?
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John Dryden
English Poet
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
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Noel Coward
English Playwright
Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
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Robert Southey
English Poet
It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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