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

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.]

Moonlight and dawnlight lent an air of mystery and beauty to the solitary country; there was a sort of vast stillness over the land, as the boat glided to her moorings in the early morning.

From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)

Red Cloud Soft her arms about me bound me, First man of the Nishinam, Arms as soft as dew and dawnlight, Daughter of the Nishinam.

From The Acorn-Planter A California Forest Play (1916) by London, Jack