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dawn

[dɔːn]

Definition:
1. The time of day when light first appears.
2. The first light of day.
3. The earliest period.
4. An opening time period.

Use 'dawn' in a sentence:

  1. The next day dawned, thankfully with a drop in wind and waves.
  2. The troops landed at dawn.
  3. The truck pulled out of the lot, its bulk unnerving against the dawn.
  4. The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
  5. I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
  6. When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather.
  7. In the summer, when we returned to Canada, we revisited this lake at dawn.
  8. I puzzled over the problem for ages before the light suddenly dawned.
  9. Dawn was breaking when they finally left.
  10. The first signs of the dawn appear on the horizon.
  11. It's almost dawn.
  12. New York buzzes from dawn to dusk.
  13. We woke at dawn.
  14. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn achieved that goal with spellbinding results.
  15. He works from dawn till dusk.
  16. I often start work at the crack of dawn when there is a big order to get out.
  17. At dawn, he saw, not far away from him, a long stretch of sand.
  18. Paul talked unceasingly from dawn to dusk.
  19. What I know is, that tomorrow, at dawn, I leave this place forever.
  20. The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
  21. The prisoner will be put to death at dawn.
  22. He arose at dawn.
  23. The dawn raids Tuesday were carried out by about 170 policemen.
  24. Suddenly it dawned on me that they couldn't possibly have met before.
  25. They attacked the enemy positions at dawn.
  26. Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
  27. Dawn was always "rosy-fingered".
  28. These days all sorts of people were up at the crack of dawn.
  29. He was awakened at dawn by the sound of crying.
  30. Nancy woke at dawn.
  31. It gradually dawned upon me that I still had talent and ought to run again.
  32. There's traffic in the streets from dawn till dusk.
  33. The day dawned sunless and with a low cloud base.
  34. They set forth at dawn.
  35. The following morning dawned bright and warm.
  36. They start work at dawn.
  37. The area was inhabited long before the dawn of recorded history.
  38. Slowly the awful truth dawned.
  39. They continued the search as dawn broke.
  40. I woke up just before dawn.
  41. She lay sleepless until dawn.
  42. I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let's get moving.
  43. Peace marked a new dawn in the country's history.
  44. Soldiers stormed into the city at dawn.
  45. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.
  46. It was, if you like, the dawn of a new era.
  47. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned.
  48. They were arrested during a dawn raid.
  49. A new technological age had dawned.
  50. At dawn the army attacked the town.