peep of day
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Having caused a bed to be made for her on deck, she wept herself asleep, previously enjoining her attendants to waken her at the first peep of day, if the French coast was still visible.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford
Thither conducting thee at peep of day I will dispose thee in some safe recess, But from among thy followers thou shalt chuse The bravest three in all thy gallant fleet.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Two gentlemen have been playing cards all night in an inn-parlour, and the peep of day finds one of them ten thousand pounds in debt to the other.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
At the time of the harvest, from the first peep of day to sunrise, before beginning to work, they sing or chant certain songs, the men and women taking alternate verses.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
We were off Akaba at peep of day, and two armed cutters raced each other to the beach.
From Pan-Islam by Bury, G. Wyman (George Wyman)
