The phrase "a ray of sunlight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe something that brings hope, joy, or positivity in a situation.
Example: "After a long week of stress, the news of her promotion felt like a ray of sunlight breaking through the clouds."
Alternatives: "a glimmer of hope" or "a beam of light".
A ray of sunlight is composed of many wavelengths that in combination appear to be colourless.
Larry is as cadaverous as ever, a man who still looks as if a ray of sunlight will combust him.
In my memory, beyond the shadows of the hemlock the spring was always in a ray of sunlight.
In a yellow frock and a cloche hat, she's a ray of sunlight in a grimy, self-interested world.
The Saudi signal provides a ray of sunlight for those hoping for a strong deal to tackle global warming.
He was a ray of sunlight in our office and always generous, compassionate and supportive in all respects.
His name was Guenther Herrmann and he told me that once, sitting in a pub, he had tried to move his chair out of a ray of direct sunlight, "and the Köbes said, 'No!
Inside the studio, though, the inspirational Peter Sellars, ENO's director-in-residence this season, is bringing a ray of Californian sunlight into the glumness as he rehearses his next production: Purcell's unfinished swansong, The Indian Queen.
In Kiev, Ukraine's capital, Ms. Tymoshenko's daughter, Eugenia, told a news conference that the ruling was a "first ray of sunlight" for her imprisoned mother.
From a passing boat, you might not even notice it, but inside it is astonishing -- a single ray of sunlight pierces the roof of the cave like a spotlight, surrounded by deep womblike darkness. .
Walking through the gardens of Den Nationale Scene (the National Theatre), on my way to the studio last month, there was a tiny ray of sunlight shining on the grass and I just sat down near it.
