dawn
noun
the first appearance of daylight in the morning.
were dawning
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past progressiveof dawn.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The ramifications of the ceremony were dawning on Dill, and he fought hard for the role.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Thus her pronouncing the name aloud showed that her former remembrances were dawning upon her; and now she became conscious what those remembrances were.
A sort of vista opened out before her, as though an horizon of light were dawning right at the end of her dark melancholy; but that horizon was so far, so very far away....
From Majesty A Novel by Couperus, Louis
She felt as if a strange glow were dawning in her brain, a kind of mental radiance, inexpressibly wonderful, absorbing her pain as mist is absorbed by the sun.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Every morning at breakfast he studied the crafty and sullen face of old Mitchell and the swarthy visages of the servants to see if suspicions of the truth were dawning.
From The Desired Woman by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)
