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 322-foot rocket began its 1-mph creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak.
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Clear skies are forecast for Friday night, with temperatures dropping into the upper 30s and lower 40s by daybreak on Saturday.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Clear skies are forecast for Friday night, with temperatures dropping into the upper 30s and lower 40s by daybreak on Saturday.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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“Daybreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daybreak. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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daybreak
noun
day·break
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