Examples of daybreak in a Sentence
I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says.
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The kids were up at daybreak, congregating beneath the parachute, having already swung on the rope swing, picked on one another, cried a little, and gotten into a cooler of sodas.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Drier but windier Sunday Once the rain comes to an end by Saturday night, skies should clear out by daybreak on Sunday.
—Justin Lewis, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Precipitation should end by daybreak on Saturday.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
By daybreak, an uneasy calm overtook the city of more than 3 million.
—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Drier but windier Sunday Once the rain comes to an end by Saturday night, skies should clear out by daybreak on Sunday.
—Justin Lewis, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Precipitation should end by daybreak on Saturday.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
By daybreak, an uneasy calm overtook the city of more than 3 million.
—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Daybreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daybreak. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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daybreak
noun
day·break
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