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
Was it possible that bright hopes were dawning even for her, who had been tossed about from early girlhood upon the sea of matrimonial schemes?
From Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead by Allen Raine
Hemstead looked as if a light were dawning upon him.
From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe
"I give it to you and to myself, most joyfully; and let me confess, Louisa, I wish the winter were over already, and the morning of that beautiful day were dawning."
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
When you said what you did, that night—it seemed as if a new day were dawning in my life.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
