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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dawn.

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Examples

  • The meaning of the phrase dawned on Vito - they suspected that he was armed, that he was a crazy white man eager to blow away some darkies.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • The meaning of the phrase dawned on Vito - they suspected that he was armed, that he was a crazy white man eager to blow away some darkies.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • He faced her suddenly, and a new expression dawned in his eyes, as if he were only just awakening to the fact that she was beautiful.

    Winding Paths Gertrude Page 1897

  • An "era of good feeling" again dawned upon the land and with "Malice towards none and charity to all" the Nation moved to the work of preparing for the greatest Exposition the world has ever known.

    The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature 1893

  • Then the full meaning of the phrase dawned upon him -- it was he and the wiry little sister thus demeaned with a porcine appellation, and whose ears were threatened.

    The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

  • The royal purple added to her beauty, the high flashing tiara made her slender, perfect figure seem taller than it really was, and when, in the metal mirror which lay on her dressing table, she beheld herself for the first time in the glorious likeness of a queen, a new expression dawned on her features.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The royal purple added to her beauty, the high flashing tiara made her slender, perfect figure seem taller than it really was, and when, in the metal mirror which lay on her dressing table, she beheld herself for the first time in the glorious likeness of a queen, a new expression dawned on her features.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • The royal purple added to her beauty, the high flashing tiara made her slender, perfect figure seem taller than it really was, and when, in the metal mirror which lay on her dressing table, she beheld herself for the first time in the glorious likeness of a queen, a new expression dawned on her features.

    An Egyptian Princess — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Gorgeous in a seemingly effortless Kate Hudson/Blake Lively kind of way, her future calling dawned on her when she saw her dad performing on stage and became enamored with the costumes the dancers were wearing.

    Buzzine » Stacey Oristano 2009

  • Then the idea dawned upon him: how noble an opportunity to acquire new territory and power for Hellas, by the founding of a colony — a city of no mean size, moreover, said he to himself, as he reckoned up their own numbers — and besides themselves a population planted on the shores of Pontus.

    Anabasis 2007

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