The sun was bright o'erhead.
Longfellow.

The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright.
Drake.

The public places were as bright as at noonday.
Macaulay.

From the brightest wines
He 'd turn abhorrent.
Thomson.

Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky.
Parnell.

Be bright and jovial among your guests.
Shak.

In the brightest annals of a female reign.
Cotton.

That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on.
I. Watts.

Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew.
Pope.

* Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued.

Syn. -- Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny.

Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.
Milton.

I say it is the moon that shines so bright.
Shak.