dawnings
- plural of dawning.
Example Sentences
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She was thankful to do it, thankful to welcome dawnings of the old zest, to feel her feet involuntarily quicken to a dance, to discover herself singing as she moved to and fro.
From A College Girl by Groome, William H. C.
There were already some dawnings of Christianity in this district.
From Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
And then to think that all these little dawnings we see in people's lives are only pictures of the great dawn coming, when all things will be made new.
From Daybreak A Story for Girls by Sitwell, Florence Alice
"He says there is something singularly interesting in watching the countenances and movements of children, and in tracing the dawnings of respective characters."
From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace
Let us look upon him in the dawnings of his fame, before he is summoned to adorn the stately halls of Munich with frescoes from the Niebelungen Lied.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
