before dawn

Example Sentences

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Toni Morrison wrote before dawn, before her children awoke and she had to go to her publishing job.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan gathered before dawn Thursday in Riyadh for talks aimed at finding a diplomatic off-ramp to the war in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It was the hour before dawn, but the moon was high and bright, only one night short of being full.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood