before dawn
Frequency: 7.28.1 per million words
in the period preceding sunrise
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Examples (10)
- They left before dawn.
- The soldiers launched the attack just before dawn.
- He always wakes up before dawn to meditate.
- The air is cold and still in the hour before dawn.
- We need to start our hike long before dawn to reach the summit by noon.
- The fishermen were already at the docks well before dawn.
- Many birds start their morning chorus shortly before dawn.
- She was already working at her desk before dawn.
- We will have to be on the road before dawn tomorrow.
- The streets are eerily quiet in the moments before dawn, only to burst into life with the first light.