dawns

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As morning dawns, they are startled by strange noises in the negro quarter.

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  1. noun The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
  2. noun A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.
  3. intransitive verb To begin to become light in the morning.

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  • Soon the dawns were showing us prosperous farms along the river-banks, and the towns we passed were populous and large. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • All sorts of pretty phantasies surround them both; the springtide of the year, the breath of early flowers, the verse of old dead poets, the scent of sweet summer rains, the light of bright dewy dawns--all these things you have mingled with the thought of the cuckoo, till its first call through the woods in April brings all these memories with it. —  Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida
  • At another signal they turned their horses loose to graze, and then gathered in groups out on the plain to take food and rest themselves while their leader conversed with the Texan, whom having seen before, they knew as his friend Meantime, the Texan motioning Addie Neidic and her lover to take seats on his blanket, conversed with the latter in a low tone on the plan of attack I shall not make it until just as day dawns--for two reasons," said the outlaw. —  Wild Bill's Last Trail
  • Again the morning dawns, and again they fly to their damp and chill retreat The Nanticoke, exhausted by long watching, and wearied out by incessant exertion to embrace the beautiful phantom, lay down upon the earth, and sunk into a deep sleep. —  Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)
  • The third day dawns, and with it come tidings that he has returned to Rabbah, and his words of whole-souled devotion to his duty and his God are repeated in her ears.--Faint not yet, strong heart; a far more bitter cup is in store for thee Bathsheba is again a wife, the wife of a king, and in her arms lies her first-born son. —  Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3
 

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