How to Use sunrise in a Sentence

sunrise

noun

• We watched the sunrise from the beach.
• We were up before sunrise.
• The cast and crew worked from 9 p.m. to sunrise, and the project was shot in 28 days.
  — Jennifer E. Mabry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Stay overnight in a cabin or tent and wake to the golden sunrise.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Much of the brick facade was seen lying in the street after sunrise.
  — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
• Paddle out just before dawn and watch the sunrise from the water.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• Turkeys fly up in the evenings around sunset and fly down in the morning near sunrise.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
• The stars receded, and sunrise, with its hints of pink and blue, began to break.
  — Latria Graham, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• Runners in a park in front of the city skyline at sunrise in Sydney.
  — Alice Uribe, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• The mules head out right at sunrise with two packers each leading a string of five mules.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• The best time for viewing the shower will be at 3 a.m. just a few hours before sunrise.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2023
• Get the utilities turned on, clean the windows, open the windows, greet the sunrise, set up his bed. . . .
  — Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Surfers flocked to the waves at sunrise as people used those hours to exercise as well.
  — Emily Kask, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• A couple of showers could pass by late night into the sunrise zone.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• My last day began with a view of the salar again — not under the sun’s glare this time, but under the gentle cloak of sunrise.
  — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
• The worst of the storm will be from the early morning hours of Saturday before sunrise through about noon.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• The search begins at sunrise, with eight-and-a-half miles of desolate beach to cover.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 29 June 2023
• On the move from sunrise to nightfall, and often beyond, Otha Moore Sr. didn’t have to say it for his son to feel it.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The flight plan calls for Peregrine to touch down after local sunrise at the landing site.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2023
• The fire caused a roof collapse and a plume of heavy gray smoke rose from the top of the building at sunrise, the newspaper reported.
  — The Courier-Journal, 21 July 2023
• To keep the cheery atmosphere, the pendant lights resemble the sunrise.
  — Sienna Livermore, House Beautiful, 22 Aug. 2023
• From sunrise to sunset, the faithful abstain from food and drink and focus on prayer.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
• When the full moon lit up the evening sky, many slaves were forced to toil beyond their grueling sunrise-to-sunset hours.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• The first sunrise of the year brought some of those same revelers back out to take part in New Year’s Day swims, or to reflect on the past and offer prayers for the year ahead.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2024
• If that’s out of your budget, head to a rooftop and take in the beauty of sunrise with the colorful balloons sprinkled throughout the sky.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2023
• Some snow showers may dot the area into the couple hours after sunrise.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Eat breakfast or enjoy morning coffee with a view of the sunrise.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 July 2023
• Rain is arriving in the hours before and through sunrise, especially to the south and west.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• Skies are mainly clear otherwise, until a few waves of clouds try to move in near sunrise.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• By sunrise, temperatures should be down to the upper 20s to mid-30s.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024