Definition of Sunbursts

1. Noun. (plural of sunburst) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sunbursts

1. sunburst [n] - See also: sunburst

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunbursts

sunblocks
sunblush
sunbonnet
sunbonneted
sunbonnets
sunbow
sunbows
sunburn
sunburned
sunburning
sunburns
sunburnt
sunburst
sunburst pleat
sunburstery
sunbursts (current term)
suncap
suncapped
suncare
sunchoke
sunchokes
suncream
suncup
suncups
sundae
sundaes
sundance
sundances
sundari
sundaris

Literary usage of Sunbursts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Golden Gleams of Thought from the Words of Leading Orators, Divines by S. Pollock Linn (1909)
"sunbursts. THE ocean stood like crystal. The soft air Stirred not the glassy waves, but sweetly there Had rocked itself to slumber. ..."

2. Putnam's & the Reader (1909)
"At the first words of the chorus the Six sunbursts appeared. ... Mamie sang other songs and the sunbursts changed their costumes three times. ..."

3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"And the parents must surely be but little better than the children, for in most cases they are the publishers of the sunbursts of infantile imbecility which ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... and his winning persuasiveness, or the thrill which was flashed through the nerves of his hearers by the magnificent sunbursts of his enthusiasm, ..."

5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"And seeing the scene in its hour of desolation, it was easy to fancy the sunbursts and wild breezes from the heathery moorland, and the spotless, ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"... Not all exempt has been my sky From threatening storm and lowering cloud, But sunbursts shed from source on high Have cheered my spirit when it bowed. ..."

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