Dawn

//dɔːn//

"Dawn" in a Sentence (25 examples)

I got along so well with the guy sitting next to me at the pub that we ended up drinking together till dawn.

I'm beat. I've been working from dawn to dusk.

By the time the party is over, dawn will be breaking.

The accident occurred at dawn.

The crowing of a cock is the harbinger of dawn.

There was a weak earthquake toward dawn this morning.

We got up at dawn.

We reached the top of the hills at dawn.

I was woken up suddenly at dawn.

I will get to the foot of the hill before dawn.

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A new day dawns.

In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene[…]to see the sepulchre.

I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.

The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam.

Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

when life awakes, and dawns at every line

in dawning youth

Leave the time of war behind and let a time of peace dawn!

Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.

She rose before dawn to meet the train.

The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.

In the Edinburgh area, Leith and neighbouring Granton have only one terminal station where formerly there were four, and the long-established ferry from Granton to Burntisland, the history of which stretches back to the dawn of Scottish railways, is no more.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).

"Thomas, if it's a boy," she said, "after my uncle. But if it's a girl I'd like something fancy for a first name." "What about Dawn?" she said. "I like the sound of Dawn. Then Mary for a second name. Dawn Mary Parker, it sounds sweet."

Dawn, go away, I’m no good for you.

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