ray of light

Definitions

1. A path that a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.
2. An inspiring or enlightening person or thing.
   idiomatic

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Examples

“I think⟳ he was somewhat lost for a political position - a simple conservatism did not attract⟳ him - and I make⟳ the guess⟳ that Arnold had been a spar that he got hold⟳ of as he struggled to find⟳ a political position. I was certainly in that position, having been persuaded by Anderson, especially at the lunch-hour meetings of his Free-thought Society, of the bankruptcy of the Left. Arnold came to me as a most welcome⟳ ray of light⟳.”

“A ray of light⟳ amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report⟳ stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment⟳ in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.”

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