A sudden shaft of light descended into the pit.

There was a grating sound from overhead and a sudden shaft of light.

If it was dark inside the apartment I didn't want a sudden shaft of light to give me away.

I see a sudden shaft quivering in one of the short trees.

The sun broke through to the south, sending a sudden shaft of gold to illuminate the landscape.

Yet he hadn't heard the opening and closing of a door, there had been no sudden shaft of light.

He looked into her eyes, which shone now in a sudden shaft of light from the sky.

A sudden shaft of light shot across the room from a step-ladder, placed behind a screen.

And that sudden bright shaft was one hundred thousand miles long.

Cliff, as if stabbed by a sudden shaft of conscience, didn't answer.