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

It had never been a labour of love with him, and now that fresh hopes and prospects were dawning upon him, the farm duties seemed more insignificant and tedious than ever.

From Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead by Raine, Allen

Thus her pronouncing the name aloud showed that her former remembrances were dawning upon her; and now she became conscious what those remembrances were.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

I hoped that brighter days were dawning, and that the work, under my own superintendence, would, with God’s blessing, prosper in the capital of Spain. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

And then he lost all hope even for the future, for the brighter ages that were dawning.

From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis