crack of dawn
Example Sentences
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They don’t leave until the crack of dawn.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
Around the crack of dawn, a line begins forming at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, as residents ranging from students to delivery workers and federal contractors wait to sign up for food assistance.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Some shoppers say they got up at the crack of dawn to wait outside their local branches of the coffee chain, only to find they were too late.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
At the crack of dawn, I’m picked up at my hotel by Maximiliano Valdivieso, a guide who will take me to Mylodon cave located outside the city.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024
And because Momly gets to Ma's house at the butt crack of dawn, Ma goes to bed dumb early on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays so she can be up and ready to go.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
