It was as if sunlight had suddenly broken through the clouds.
Sunlight broke over the top edge of the crack in the earth where they stood.
Turns out that sunlight breaks the material down somehow or other.
The sunlight was just breaking over the distant ridge line.
The mist was burning off and sunlight suddenly broke through.
By early evening, the rain had stopped and sunlight was breaking through the clouds.
Sunlight broke into jewels on the surface of a river where a small boy sat with a fishing line.
At last day appeared; the rain ceased, but sunlight could not break through the thick clouds.
Mist was rising, the world silent, sunlight breaking through the canopy of trees.
Bright sunlight broke through the leaves that crowded around Thane's window.