'stream of sunlight' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It typically refers to a shaft of direct sunlight coming through a window or other opening, and can be used to create a lyrical, descriptive image. For example: "The sky was grey and hazy, but a single stream of sunlight illuminated my bedroom, providing a ray of hope."
The pews have been removed; a pile of red chair cushions rots in the middle of the floor; fresh graffiti covers the walls and a stream of sunlight shines through broken stained glass.
In the stream of sunlight across the blackboard the chalkdust floats, millions of white grains, breathed in and out all day, found at night in the turnups of trousers, all the aridity of this empty trade.
Egg-yolk raviolo comes as close as anything to a signature dish, having been served here from the earliest days: a great silken pillow of pasta, filled with spinach, nutmeg-scented ricotta, Parmesan, truffle oil and a yolk that runs like a stream of sunlight into the browned butter sauce.
Observe the different color tones in clouds or a stream of sunlight bursting through the darkness.
Ethan was a joyful, funny boy who brought great streams of sunlight into the lives of his parents and sister.
Clara's white thigh torments him, the ease as her body enters the stream, the dazzle of sunlight on water and pale skin.
Slivers of sunlight stream through half-closed blinds as Doug Williams sits in his office at Grambling State University.
With the simple silent beauty of sunlight streaming through trees, Joe – and all of us flawed fathers bearing witness – are granted a kind of redemption.
Walking into a bare-floored chapel I saw shafts of sunlight streaming in from skylights, picking out dusty thangkas, or scrolls.
A shaft of sunlight streams through the window of Michael van der Ham's east London studio illuminating huge rolls of fabric propped against walls papered with the images that inspired the designer's autumn/winter collection.
A few hours after making a close approach, the probe turned its camera back towards Pluto, capturing rays of sunlight streaming through its atmosphere, creating an eerie eclipse effect.
