How to Use skylight in a Sentence

skylight

noun
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  • The kitchen skylight and french doors flood the room with light.
    — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 7 June 2022
  • The friend fell through the skylight into the metal shop and was killed.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2022
  • The colors changed to match the sun coming through the chapel’s skylight.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Of course, a large skylight on the top floor doesn’t hurt, either.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Off the hall are stairs with a skylight that lead to the penthouse bedroom.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • There’s also a skylight that runs for a full 100 feet along the entire length of the home.
    — David Kaufman, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Those skylights needed to be rigged to open in time with the audio.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The airy space has 15-foot ceilings and a skylight to keep the light flooding in by day.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The office up at the top has a low glass wall, and then there are skylights behind it.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The heavy rainfall had pooled atop the roof and was leaking through a skylight above the stairwell.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • There is plenty of sun thanks to two walls of windows and a skylight.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The builder ensured that the kitchen at the back of the house was light and bright by adding skylights as part of the renovation.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Area rugs, mirrors, and warm-toned wood make the most of the sun coming through these skylights.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the first-floor restaurant is covered with a glass skylight.
    — Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Her face was blanched by the screen, the walls by the light pollution that burned off in the night to settle, like ash, through the skylight.
    — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • That capsule saw the light of day again coming through the skylight at the mall's food court on Thursday.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The living space gives a wide view of the outdoors with its oversized skylight and glass door.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Light streams through a Tiffany skylight above the entryway.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The Deluxe Roof Room allows guests to fall asleep under a blanket of stars with an over-the-bed skylight.
    — Shelby Knick, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • There is one opening for the two Maxxair fans and another in the middle for a skylight.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Elsewhere in the house is a skylight that exposes the arched brick abode to an ample amount of sun.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Elton on a white piano with a skylight in the secret room.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The second floor hall has 8-foot 6-inch ceilings with three skylights.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The skylight shined perfectly over a piece on the ground at 3:30 p.m., bringing every word to the surface.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Four large skylights fill the area with natural light and are large enough to view the entire 180-foot mast from the comfort of the sofas.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The great room is 28 by 28 feet, capped by a concrete dome with a large central oculus skylight.
    — Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
  • The high-ceilinged space features skylights, work benches, and a kitchenette.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The loft and the bedroom at the front of the condo, decorated as an office, each have two skylights.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • One had bookshelves, a brick floor and a hole cut into an overhead tarp that served as a skylight.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The glass floor, meanwhile, acts as a skylight for the central atrium below.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2022

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