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  • noun Plural form of sunray.

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Examples

  • Your solar sedan will take energy from sunrays and store it in accumulators that work like a battery.

    June 23rd, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • One piece of his I own is a Hudson River School–type scene created using different types of Formica to represent the sunrays, mountains, water and everything.

    A Connoisseur of Novelty, Big Apple to Beijing Stephen Wallis 2011

  • Only the hot, white-yellow sunrays saturate the island beyond the flora.

    Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche 2008

  • Only the hot, white-yellow sunrays saturate the island beyond the flora.

    Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche 2008

  • I stretch out on my bed, munch a slice of lunchmeat, and eye the afternoon sunrays as they slant through my window.

    LAST DAY OF ESTHER LEVIN Deborah Jiang Stein 2010

  • The clear creek water flowed over the shiny pebble rock bed and the few sunrays that had broken through the trees bounced off the water.

    Canterwood Crest Jessica Burkhart 2009

  • This mutuality is expressed in the meanings of the two characters that make up kaji: Ka, literally meaning “adding” or “increasing,” is explained to be the Buddha's compassion that pours down upon, entering into, the practitioner's mind (shin) like sunrays on water.

    Laughter 2009

  • The sea breezes were stronger and the sunrays more powerful when they broke through cloud.

    'The Piano Teacher' 2009

  • At the time, solar-powered A-C was just beginning to be developed, but with a little investment SANYO (the Japan-based company that is a leading innovator in the solar-powered energy area) was able to develop a solar-power-based fully-operational A-C unit, which worked by using sunrays off the roof of their buildings, and transferring the power into the machines which kept the office cool.

    Stefan Roberts: 5 Easy Ways to make Your Business a Green Business 2009

  • The clear creek water flowed over the shiny pebble rock bed and the few sunrays that had broken through the trees bounced off the water.

    Canterwood Crest Jessica Burkhart 2009

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