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The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025 The hilarious video shared in June by @kayleighmaven, shows the Maine Coon briefly enjoying a sunbeam before suddenly changing his mind and deciding to assault his canine sibling, who was just chilling on the floor nearby.—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 That shadow isn’t perfect, so sunbeams sneak around the shadow’s edges, bathing the moon in warm hues.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 June 2025 Across India’s dizzying sprawl of traditions and topographies, this root glows like a sunbeam that binds it all.—Sara Hussain, Vogue, 22 May 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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