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
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
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
One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
