Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "dawning"
  • present participle of dawn.
Definitions

dawning

[daw-ning] / ˈdɔ nɪŋ /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Graham Burnett, a history professor at Princeton University, sees "the dawning of an authentic movement," similar to the birth of the environmental movement in the 1960s, which led to landmark environmental protections.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

This might be a dawning moment, when the golfing world realises that someone capable of winning a record-equalling 82 PGA Tour titles might not be the best qualified to shape its future.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

It’s dawning on both the equity and bond markets that this conflict isn’t looking like a fleeting affair, said Amar Reganti, fixed-income strategist at Hartford Funds.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

The slowly dawning realization that this heavily tattooed white man named Teddy Swims was really going to pull off “Without You.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

The new, hard problem will be to cope with the dawning, intensifying realization of just how interlocked we are.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Help the friends, increase their number, make their hearts sources of inspiration and their souls dawnings of light.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Do I feel some dawnings of the heavenly light, earnests and antepasts of the full day of glory?

From Thoughts for the Quiet Hour by Various

The article in the "Americana" shows some striking forms of lichens, and how nature from these very dawnings of life begins to dream of beauty.

From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth

Mrs. Willis hailed with pleasure any little dawnings of real thought in her girls’ prize essays.

From A World of Girls The Story of a School by L. T. Meade

With profound humility we profess our unalterable attachment to your Majesty's person and family, and our most cordial approbation of the early measures adopted for giving a check to the first dawnings of disobedience.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean


Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training