first light

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Nonetheless, we take a page out of Hemingway’s book and leave The Mira “as soon after first light as possible.”

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

The sky was a black flag at first light.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

Search teams gathered from first light and are scouring the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick, all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

By first light there was the shuffling of feet to be heard, and creaking cartwheels and occasionally a neighing horse.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo