first light

Example Sentences

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"Still, we shall see. Let us rest now. We will start at first light. It would be well to be early visitors if visitors we are to be."

From Literature

Shortly after picking up our dinner at Joan’s on Third, my friend started asking Lynda questions — first light questions like “Where are you from?” and “What do you do?”

From Los Angeles Times

Up at first light, I stepped out on the porch and stared across the yard, out at the fields, the orchard, and beyond.

From Literature

The first light also sets an internal timer for melatonin to be produced again 14 hours later.

From The Wall Street Journal

They traveled endlessly, it seemed, stopping only when it became too dark to see, and starting again at first light.

From Literature