For the first time a thin little ray of light began to break into the obscure business.

"It seemed like a thin ray, but it was one of the only ones we had."

He stared upward behind the thin ray of his electric torch.

He could see the driver's head silhouetted against the thin rays of the headlights.

Satisfied that the shade was down, he made his presence known by the thin ray of a tiny flashlight.

A thin ray of light blinded him from beneath the door to the kitchen as he ascended.

But, as suddenly as if someone had pushed a button, the sphere shot out many thin rays.

One thin ray outlined in dust motes stabbed across the room.

Next to that thin ray of regret had been a full measure of cowardice.

This is a melancholy, autumnal group, illuminated occasionally by thin rays of hope.