Sailors long ago mistook the zodiacal light for false dawns and set off into the dark.

After years of insults, they agreed to settle matters with pistols at dawn.

Hikers paused on the ridge to listen to the dawn choruses spilling through the valley.

The volunteers planted trees from dawn to dusk to restore the park.

After months of failed experiments, she reminded herself that it is darkest before the dawn and decided to try one more time.

The security guard patrolled the campus from dusk to dawn to ensure everyone's safety.

We left at the butt crack of dawn to avoid the traffic.

We had to get up at the ass crack of dawn to catch the first ferry.

After months of hardship, the team's promotion felt like the dawn of a new day for everyone involved.

When her small shop was on the verge of closing, she kept a note on her mirror that read it is always darkest before the dawn and refused to give up.