before dawn
Example Sentences
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The French citizens are among more than 90 tourists to be ferried home from the Dutch vessel on Sunday, which anchored off the Canary Islands before dawn.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
In the San Joaquin Valley, meteorologists are urging people to walk their dogs before dawn or after dusk, and to avoid walking them on asphalt.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Instead, I woke before dawn, as I had done every day for months, and walked the short distance to the hospital.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
That involves “rising before dawn to begin the day with liturgical prayer and returning to church periodically during the day for further prayer together.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Even now, when it was still an hour before dawn, there was quite a lot of traffic moving around Hyde Park Corner.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
