peep of day
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.
Saturday morning, the 5th of August, broke clear and cloudless, and at the very peep of day the hillsides re-echoed to the stirring music of our reveille.
From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles
The next morning we were out at the peep of day, each one going his own way.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel
The morning set apart for their departure came at last, and Claus and his companions put off at the first peep of day.
From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry
Milford heard him sit upon the edge of his bed, heard his heavy shoes drop upon the floor, heard him stretch out upon the creaking slats to lie a log till the peep of day.
From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival
Isabel ran to her boy with the first peep of day.
From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart
