Collocations for ray - noun

powerful
blinding, bright, brilliant
a blinding ray of light

golden
They basked in sun's warm golden rays.

soft, warm
burning, damaging, harmful
dying, last
the dying rays of a winter sun

cathode, cosmic, gamma, heat, infrared, light, ultraviolet (abbreviated to UV), etc.
the invention of the cathode ray tube

the moon's, the sun's

emit, give off, send out
gamma rays given off by plutonium

cast, shine
The moon cast pale rays of light on the ground.

expose sb/sth to
block, filter out, protect sb/sth from, shield sb/sth from
sunscreens which filter out harmful ultraviolet rays

absorb
A car window absorbs almost all UVB rays.

bend, catch, deflect, reflect
Her ring caught the rays of the setting sun.

filter through sth, pass through sth, penetrate sth, travel
the moon's rays filtering through the trees

shine, shine down, shine on sth
The last of the sun's rays shone on the grass.

hit sth, strike sth
When the sun's rays hit the earth, a lot of heat is reflected back into space.

damage sth
Ultraviolet rays damage the skin.

in the rays of
a stream sparkling in the rays of the June sun

a ray of light (sometimes figurative), a ray of sunlight, a ray of sunshine (sometimes figurative)
The one ray of light in this whole affair is that justice has been done.
A ray of sunlight fell on the table.
My nephew is a little ray of sunshine.

the rays of the sun