crack of dawn
Example Sentences
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They don’t leave until the crack of dawn.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 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
You’ve probably seen them in your neighborhood, on power-walking pros out and about at the crack of dawn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2025
Like when I say I sleep in late, that’s 6:30 or 7 a.m. because I like to get up at the crack of dawn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
And then you'll get woken by his missus shouting at him right from the crack of dawn.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
