sun-glare

The prairie was no longer empty land in the sun-glare; it was the living tawny beast which she had fought and made beautiful by fighting; and in the village streets were shadows of her desires and the sound of her marching and the seeds of mystery and greatness.

Main Street 2004

Stout brown arms were roped with curd, and wedding rings looked slippery things, and thumb-nails bordered with inveterate black, like broad beans ripe for planting, shone through a hubbub of snowy froth; while sluicing and wringing and rinsing went on over the bubbled and lathery turf; and every handy bush or stub, and every tump of wiry grass, was sheeted with white, like a ship in full sail, and shining in the sun-glare.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

And now nothing remained but to escape as quickly as possible from the ugly Wady Mismáh; with its violent, dusty wester, or sea-breeze, and its sun-glare which, reflected and reverberated by the quartz, burned the grass and made the trees resemble standing timber.

The Land of Midian 2003

Under the cloudlet, against the sun-glare beyond, the bones stood forth in Ginny's abruptly pale face.

Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

But no, he hadn't set the screen to enhance the stars, and the sun-glare of early Lunar afternoon hid most of them, including the derelict worldlet.

The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

Tannim had forgotten how hot it was in Oklahoma at the end of May, and how intense the sun-glare got by midmorning.

Chrome Circle Lackey, Mercedes 1994

But no, he hadn't set the screen to enhance the stars, and the sun-glare of early Lunar afternoon hid most of them, including the derelict worldlet.

The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

Tannim had forgotten how hot it was in Oklahoma at the end of May, and how intense the sun-glare got by midmorning.

The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

Tannim had forgotten how hot it was in Oklahoma at the end of May, and how intense the sun-glare got by midmorning.

Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

He had lighted a candle before the small golden case which contained the Hosts, but the flame was invisible in the sun-glare, and the breeze might even have blown it out.

A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959