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
We’re introduced to him not as a thief, but as a doting father who wakes at the crack of dawn, tenderly lays his son in bed next to his sister, and heads off to work.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025
You’ve probably seen them in your neighborhood, on power-walking pros out and about at the crack of dawn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 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
If ever you happen to be out and about in our village at the crack of dawn, as I try not to be, you can watch them do it.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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