first light

Example Sentences

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Officers would remain at the site overnight, police said, with further searches resuming at first light on Tuesday.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The first light also sets an internal timer for melatonin to be produced again 14 hours later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter crew will remain on scene overnight to continue the search, and helicopter crews were set to rejoin the effort at first light, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

As far as the science images goes, I thought the first light image which we have in detail that has never been published before is in there.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

I slept through most of it and awoke at first light and was startled when I couldn’t see any mountains, just a flat plain as far as I could see.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam