crack of dawn

Example Sentences

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Mr. Garner liked to wake everyone up at the crack of dawn with him.

From Literature

At the crack of dawn, as was her habit, Old Emma started out to the shed.

From Literature

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

There was no running water, though, so the next morning—and each one after that—we had to get up at the crack of dawn to fetch some from the communal tap by the Presby church, and we had to take bucket baths instead of showers.

From Literature

I dropped down from the tree at the crack of dawn.

From Literature