Examples of daybreak in a Sentence
I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says.
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Skilling’s forecast calls for temperatures of around 10 degrees at daybreak and a high of 21 in the afternoon.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The storm let up before daybreak, but the morning was gray and cheerless with a cold wind.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
For me, to be up and moving each day at daybreak was (and at the risk of sounding clichéd) an almost spiritual experience.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
By daybreak, the death toll was at least thirty-one.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The storm let up before daybreak, but the morning was gray and cheerless with a cold wind.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
For me, to be up and moving each day at daybreak was (and at the risk of sounding clichéd) an almost spiritual experience.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
By daybreak, the death toll was at least thirty-one.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Daybreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daybreak. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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daybreak
noun
day·break
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