crack of dawn
Example Sentences
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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
That means long, circuitous routes that require students to be outside at the crack of dawn for an hourlong ride that could be done in 15 minutes in a parent’s air-conditioned car.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2024
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
Of course my whole family has to escort me to Times Square at the crack of dawn, where I’ll be hopping on a six-o’clock bus to D.C.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
