dawning

[ daw-ning ]

noun

1. daybreak; dawn.
2. beginning; start:

   the dawning of the space age.

Other Words From

• un·dawning adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dawning¹

Middle English; dawn, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Other parents hailed the removal of masks as the dawning of a new era in which children can begin to learn normally again.

From Washington Post

At the dawning of the 20th century, disapproving parents, work schedules or unexpected pregnancies could cause couples to rush to the altar.

From Time

Over the years, even during the dawning of the “3-point revolution” in the NBA, the 3-pointer had always been a larger part of the men’s college game.

From FiveThirtyEight

Rain on the horizon and the dawning realization that we are not going to make the Namibian border before it closes.

From Ozy

I think this realization is dawning on much of the media as well.

From The Daily Beast

But perhaps, just perhaps, we are starting to see a dawning unease among politicians of both parties.

From The Daily Beast

Suddenly it is dawning on everyone, including members of Congress, just how much power Facebook is amassing.

From The Daily Beast

From the dawning of silent films, moviemakers have turned to books for grist.

From The Daily Beast

And yet in an interview, Krikorian, too, seems oddly sanguine about the dawning of the Obama era.

From The Daily Beast

They embody in themselves the uppermost thought of the era that was dawning when they were written.

From Project Gutenberg

I thought it curious to observe this first dawning of literature and interest in politics in this little island.

From Project Gutenberg

The wonderful cold wind of a dawning frenzy swept clean his soul.

From Project Gutenberg

The little cottage of Um's birth, of her short, happy life and dawning fame, drew itself together in the unusual silence.

From Project Gutenberg

Her face grew paler still, her eyes were wide with fear and slowly dawning realisation.

From Project Gutenberg