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noun

dawn

CEFR B2

the first light of day

In a sentence

Six example sentences with dawn, each labelled with its topic.

  • Runners meet at the reservoir before dawn, finishing the long loop while the parking lot is still nearly empty.

    Fitness

  • We reached the pass at dawn and watched the valley below emerge slowly from a floor of cold cloud.

    Travel

  • Landscape shooters chase dawn because the low sun rakes the hills for maybe twenty minutes before turning harsh.

    Photography

  • Homer greets nearly every dawn with the same rosy-fingered phrase, and translators argue over how to keep it fresh.

    Literature

  • The bakery's first loaves come out before dawn, and regulars are already waiting in the dark for the door.

    Cooking

  • Birdsong peaks in the half hour around dawn, when the air is still and a call carries far across the valley.

    Environment

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