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He had a short-waisted, thin body and abnormally long, thin legs, like the shadow a man casts at sunup.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBB
As for orders, why, we start work at sunup, and Slushy dips out breakfast before that.
THE NIGHT RIDERSRIDGWELL CULLUM
The atmosphere had been freshened by a generous shower of rain a few hours before sunup.
CAMPFIRE GIRLS AT TWIN LAKESSTELLA M. FRANCIS
Shortly after sunup, the girls arose, put on their bathing suits, and went down to the beach for a before-breakfast plunge.
CAMPFIRE GIRLS AT TWIN LAKESSTELLA M. FRANCIS
But when yer on a long watch with a feller, an' got ter see him from sunup ter moonrise, it's better ter overlook a lot o' things.
TED STRONG'S MOTOR CAREDWARD C. TAYLOR
If there's a man shows up at Carleton's later than an hour after sunup, we'll run him out of the country.
THE EYES OF THE WORLDHAROLD BELL WRIGHT
By sunup the search-party returned, all too worn-out with twenty-four hours in the saddle to continue the hunt.
LETTERS OF A WOMAN HOMESTEADERELINORE PRUITT STEWART
We had "turned out" about sunup, answered to roll-call, and had cooked and eaten our breakfast.
THE STORY OF A COMMON SOLDIER OF ARMY LIFE IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865LEANDER STILLWELL
They learned to live as much life as possible between sunup and sundown.
THE HACIENDAS OF MEXICOPAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT
They levied on Swamp Holler at sunup; they was on every road along the State line.
SPECIAL MESSENGERROBERT W. CHAMBERS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SUNUP

  • aurora
  • break of day
  • bright
  • cockcrow
  • crack of dawn
  • dawning
  • day-peep
  • daybreak
  • daylight
  • early bright
  • first blush
  • first light
  • light
  • morning
  • sunrise
  • sunup
  • wee hours
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