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Meanings of sunshine in English

Catalan
alegria
Spanish
vida

The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.

alegria
Portuguese
clima
Catalan
bonança

Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities.

clima
Synonyms
Examples for "cheer"
Examples for "cheer"
1
Well, she's why I called actually, Douglas said with determined good cheer.
The inconvenient bride
2
Record tourist numbers are bringing cheer to companies involved in the sector.
Radio NZ
3
Some will hope for an England win; others will cheer for Portugal.
The Irish Times
4
The crowds felt free to cheer, jeer, and offer questions and comments.
A. lincoln: a biography
5
With light hearts and good cheer we proceeded to the holy city.
The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
1
Jesus improved in his work, and grew in intelligence, and in cheerfulness.
I.N.R.I.: A prisoner's Story of the Cross
2
The afternoon was fine and, in the sunshine, the Emîr recovered cheerfulness.
The Valley of the Kings
3
The cheerfulness I had acquired in the upper air still filled me.
Mr. Standfast
4
It is good in general, as recommending temperance and exercise, and cheerfulness.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
5
As the winter wore one, a grave cheerfulness stole over the household.
The Wide, Wide World
1
A slight cloud seemed to dim the sunniness of the author's mood.
The Adventures of Sally
2
Her dark, level gaze came round and met his sunniness without response.
Mavericks
3
Recent presidential history would give Bush the edge, according to the sunniness factor.
The Guardian
4
But the sunniness of her entrance was dimmed by the lack of audience.
The Parts Men Play
5
What Bush lacks in depth he makes up for in sunniness.
The Guardian
Portuguese
luz do sol
Catalan
llum del sol
Spanish
sol

The rays of the sun.

luz do sol

The 70's Biweekly (MCY-000223)

Usage of sunshine in English
1
And its Mediterranean climate brings it 300 days of sunshine a year.
The Irish Times
2
They need good light without direct sunshine, and a rich, general-purpose soil.
The new yorker
3
Grant Cameron says people get less sunshine now than 50 years ago.
Radio NZ
4
Clara turned with him; Charley and I went out into the sunshine.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
5
The very waves sparkling in the morning sunshine whispered of romantic tales.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884
6
IT'S been a frenetic year for the Irish sunshine package tour business.
The Irish Times
7
The cattle were standing in the low sunshine, in barn-doors and milking-yards.
The Other Girls
8
Naturally, you want a kitchen filled with sunshine, 365 days a year.
The Guardian
9
The market always works better with transparency, with the sunshine of accountability.
Reuters
10
There the days were spent in the open air and the sunshine.
The Dream
11
London was alive again-aliveand healed; basking in the sunshine of Royalty.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
12
In spite of the sunshine the walk through the battle-field was depressing.
The Red Acorn
13
The pale brown of the stone became almost yellow in the sunshine.
The Spell of Egypt
14
The smoke of the guns threaded to dazzling silver in the sunshine.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 7
15
Below them the blue waters of the bay gleamed in the sunshine.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
16
The valley of the Chagrin lay almost hueless in the cold sunshine.
The Mormon Prophet
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Translations for sunshine
Sunshine through the time
Sunshine across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
Australia
Common
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