first brightening

NOUN

break of day

Synonyms

WEAK

brightening cockcrow crack of dawn dawn dawning daybreak first blush first flush of morning peep of day prime prime of the morning sunrise sunup

NOUN

first blush

Synonyms

WEAK

break of day brightening crack of dawn early morning first flush of morning first impression first light first sight morning outset peep of day prime

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In fact, after the first brightening of her face at the moment of my appearance, a sort of shadow had come upon it, as though cast from a mind not at rest.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

She nodded approvingly at first, brightening visibly at the emancipative vision conjured up in her tired brain, but after five minutes of serious cogitation relapsed into gloom.

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

first brightening

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