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
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
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
My sister forbade me to have a first-period class, because she refused to drive me to campus at the crack of dawn, and I dutifully obliged.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
