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 • Mar. 30, 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
Machado and the crew planned to leave at the crack of dawn on Tuesday but left as the sun was setting instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
At the crack of dawn, I’m picked up at my hotel by Maximiliano Valdivieso, a guide who will take me to Mylodon cave located outside the city.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024
On the morning of the picnic she had to start in at the very crack of dawn, to get all those hens killed and fried up.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
