dawn
noun
the first appearance of daylight in the morning.
had dawned
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past perfectof dawn.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In a foreign policy address to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, Francis lamented that 2024 had dawned at a time in history in which peace is “increasingly threatened, weakened and in some part lost.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
He said that a new era in Spanish football had dawned with his appointment but he can't have predicted this.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2023
When 1950 had dawned three months before the census, observers lamented that it was closing a half-century marred by two world wars, several vast famines and the advent of nuclear weapons.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
But one moment left no doubt in Jordan’s mind that a new era had dawned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2020
By then I was just barely listening, because it had dawned on me that our time of mourning must be about over.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
