dawning

Example Sentences

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Looking out at the city of Washington, tinged in a pinkish gold as the new day was dawning, I let out a deep sigh.

From Literature

“I hope it’s dawning on people, the sobriety of this moment,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Was he trying to escape the pressures of dawning fame?

From Los Angeles Times

In the way of many things born at an era’s dawning, “WTF with Marc Maron” reminds us that podcasting began with good intentions.

From Salon

One was the way Baker scampered off after his second win with a casual wave, an unconscious signal that it was dawning on him that the evening’s momentum might bring him back up there again.

From Los Angeles Times