Example Sentences

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And so the chance has arrived at last, decades in the waiting, decades largely made up of frustration, false dawns and fatalism.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

In some sense, this is akin to the realization that dawns on most people regarding their parents: Before we came along, they had a whole identity that had nothing to do with us.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

The romantic idea of an insight that suddenly dawns is misleading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Investors burned by false dawns in China’s property market are reluctant to reprice assets without unmistakable signals.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

When I reach the sidewalk something else dawns on me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen