Collocations for sunlight - noun

blinding, bright, brilliant, harsh, hot, intense, scorching, strong, warm
He emerged from the tunnel into blinding sunlight.

direct, full
plants that do not like direct sunlight

pale, weak, wintry | dappled, golden
the dappled sunlight of the forest

reflected | afternoon, morning, evening | autumn, spring, etc.

beam, ray, shaft | patch, pool

block out
a dank backyard with a wall that blocked out the sunlight

gleam in, glint in, shimmer in, sparkle in
The sea shimmered in the sunlight.

be exposed to
Do not leave your skin exposed to sunlight for too long.

blink in, squint in
They emerged from the cinema, blinking in the sunlight.

come, fall, filter, flood, penetrate, pierce, pour, shine, slant, stream
Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door. | in dark thickets where sunlight could not penetrate | She threw back the shutters and the sunlight streamed in.

dapple sth, gleam on/through sth, glimmer on sth, glint on sth, glitter on sth, reflect from/on sth, shimmer on sth, sparkle on sth
Sunlight dapples the grass around us. | the sunlight sparkling on the water

in the ~
waves sparkling in the sunlight

into the ~
We came out into bright sunlight again.