"flood of sunlight" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a large amount of sunlight or an intense burst of sunlight. Example: The heavy curtains were drawn back, allowing a flood of sunlight to fill the room and illuminate every corner.
Gently, I nudged open the door, urging a flood of sunlight and fresh air into the dank room.
Once properly adjusted, the added brightness was welcome, particularly in rooms where a flood of sunlight made C.R.T. displays look washed out.
Near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets — mineral-rich bodies bathed in a continuous flood of sunlight — may also be the ultimate resource depots for the long-term exploration of space.
At brunch, when the front wall of windows lets in a flood of sunlight on even the gloomiest spring morning, scrambled eggs, golden and delicate, are accompanied by a hearty ragout laden with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms.
A flood of sunlight pouring onto the once-shady forest floor, for example, increases water temperatures, which can aid mosquito breeding, explained Amy Vittor, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Florida.
The broad sweep of town houses on the south side, unbroken by any taller buildings, yields a flood of sunlight unmatched by any other East Side street and comparable to the great enclaves of urban mansions in London and Paris.
FROM time to time in the last two years, construction work has opened up the tracks and platforms of the 1904 subway stop at 72nd Street and Broadway to glorious floods of sunlight, washing down on the greasy and dingy station platforms like warm water and soap.
An all white design and floods of sunlight make this glass home the epitome of a bright and airy residence.
He opens the shutters, and the thought is instantly dispersed by the flood of low winter sunlight and by the sudden interest of what's happening outside.
At the crest of the mountain, the woods cleared to provide us with a sudden view of sunlight flooding across the Pacific under a blue sky that still had an icing of fog far out to sea.
From a theater scene that seems to have been dashed off on the spot, to a spooky studio setup of plaster limbs, to a fleet distillation of sunlight flooding a deserted room, they are amazing.
