sunup

Example Sentences

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When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Before sunup on Jan. 8, as the Eaton fire roared across the San Gabriel Mountains, a blaze of texts and calls lit up my phone with a ferocity of their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

Many community gardens and urban farms have limited membership, but most food forests are open to the community from sunup to sundown.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

We have you covered, whether you’re still reveling at sunup or in bed by countdown.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

“You and your numbers! Look, Nat! We have to get up early tomorrow! Mr. Baker’ll be here before sunup to help us move back to Salem. Now settle down and go to sleep!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham