dawnlight

Example Sentences

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The house was dusky with dawnlight creeping in around the edges of the blinds.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Looking out through the mist-blurred window at the pale streamers of dawnlight penciling the sky, Magda's eyes grew wistful—wonderingly questioning the future.

From The Lamp of Fate by Pedler, Margaret

Through the spectral dawnlight she went down the stairs and took her way to the kitchen.

From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

It was best seen from the island of Vanuatu in the south Pacific from just after dusk to the hour before dawn when its glow was overwhelmed by the dawnlight.

From The Runaway Asteroid by Cooper, Michael D., [pseud.]

Silent the otter, stealing by thy moon, Through the fluttered heron, hears the cry of the loon; Motionless the setter in thy dawnlight gray Shows the happy hidden cove where the wild duck play.

From Tales of the Chesapeake by Townsend, George Alfred