crack of dawn
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Around the crack of dawn, a line begins forming at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, as residents ranging from students to delivery workers and federal contractors wait to sign up for food assistance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Some shoppers say they got up at the crack of dawn to wait outside their local branches of the coffee chain, only to find they were too late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Like when I say I sleep in late, that’s 6:30 or 7 a.m. because I like to get up at the crack of dawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
That means long, circuitous routes that require students to be outside at the crack of dawn for an hourlong ride that could be done in 15 minutes in a parent’s air-conditioned car.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2024
On the morning of the picnic she had to start in at the very crack of dawn, to get all those hens killed and fried up.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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