dawnlight

Example Sentences

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The house was dusky with dawnlight creeping in around the edges of the blinds.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

That night I watched the poppling brew, With bended back and hand on knee: I stirred it till the dawnlight grew, And the wind whiffled wailfully.

From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

Amanda waited again; she blew out her lamp, for the early dawnlight strengthened.

From Jane Field A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

There was a flicker of dawnlight in the sky, now, however; and he made out others behind, ready for just such a move.

From Police Your Planet by Del Rey, Lester

Looking out through the mist-blurred window at the pale streamers of dawnlight penciling the sky, Magda's eyes grew wistful—wonderingly questioning the future.

From The Lamp of Fate by Pedler, Margaret