first light
Example Sentences
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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
Shortly after picking up our dinner at Joan’s on Third, my friend started asking Lynda questions, first light questions like “Where are you from?” and “What do you do?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
The Alpine rescue service said that due to fog and low visibility, helicopters could not take off at first light on Sunday.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
Nonetheless, we take a page out of Hemingway’s book and leave The Mira “as soon after first light as possible.”
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
By first light there was the shuffling of feet to be heard, and creaking cartwheels and occasionally a neighing horse.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
