Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press Rick Bowness was a new-age coach long before the new age dawned. Sean Collins, Dallas News, Hopes have been revived and justice will dawn again in the region. Bob Verini, Variety, The video opened with the scene for dramatic effect, with Sheridan, dawning a cowboy hat, sitting alone in a dark room with a crackling fire and a drink. I was afraid that if I appeared too eager, it might dawn on the woman she had made a terrible mistake.Verb Like most Asian countries, Singapore was quick to embrace the new technology of film as the 20th century dawned.It is dawning on the rebels that they may have wider support than first realised.Suddenly it dawned on Rose that he stopped by so frequently because he was attracted to her.Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent.It dawned on me that no one seemed to be idle.Until it dawned on her that by postponing the decision she was making a decision.As the Cold War dawned in 1949, Galvin was starting his military career.Monday dawned, as Mondays will, and it was back to the Soho Laundry.→ dawn on somebody → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus dawn 3 THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT if a feeling or idea dawns, you have it for the first time It began to dawn that something was wrong. 2 START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC if a period of time or situation dawns, it begins The age of Darwin had dawned. ○○ verb 1 START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETC if day or morning dawns, it begins The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm.There, we spent a night at a Yonchon inn and waited until dawn to make our getaway.It had been the hope which had kept her going through the dawn and early morning.Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was.Eck therefore had a whole night's steaming to put himself a hundred miles from the sinking before submerging at dawn.One morning she rose at dawn and climbed Ballymacadoyle Hill, behind the fort.But even at 6: 30 at night, there can be a dawn.the cold light of dawn 2 → the dawn of civilization/time etc 3 → a false dawn Examples from the Corpus dawn We worked from dawn to dusk (=through the whole day while it is light ). I was up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning ) to get the plane. When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared ), we were still 50 miles from Calcutta. ○ noun 1 TMC the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears SYN daybreak, → dusk at dawn The boats set off at dawn.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Chronology dawn dawn 1 / dɔːn $ dɒːn /
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