crack of dawn
Example Sentences
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Her phone rang at 6 a.m., the crack of dawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Around the crack of dawn, a line begins forming at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, as residents ranging from students to delivery workers and federal contractors wait to sign up for food assistance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Some shoppers say they got up at the crack of dawn to wait outside their local branches of the coffee chain, only to find they were too late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Some are empty, set up at the crack of dawn and then abandoned for hours on end, until the owners actually want to use them.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
When the early shifts at the Stock Yard ended midafternoon, those who’d arrived at the crack of dawn prepared to make their way home as usual.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
