crack of dawn
Example Sentences
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Jordan says when she was 4 she got up at the crack of dawn every day and put in a VHS tape of a ballet class that her mother, Mary Lim, had bought.
From Los Angeles Times
They don’t leave until the crack of dawn.
From Slate
Mr. Garner liked to wake everyone up at the crack of dawn with him.
From Literature
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At the crack of dawn, as was her habit, Old Emma started out to the shed.
From Literature
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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
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