The day was cloudy but the sun was trying to come through.
It was a cold day, but a watery sun was trying its best.
The morning drizzle had stopped, and the sun was trying to break through overhead.
In a frozen sky, a pale sun was trying to come out.
He says you have hair like dark sunlight with flecks of gold as if the sun is trying to get through.
The sun was trying to break through the overcast without much success.
The wind held no moisture, and the sun tried to sear away what little remained in the land.
When he looked up, the sun tried to blind him by flashing its light on to the shards of the window above.
The sun was trying hard to poke through high white clouds.
Right around the horizon - one thin streak, as though the sun was trying to find a way through.