How to Use at the crack of dawn in a Sentence

at the crack of dawn

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  • Friends say that, to this day, Mr. Warnock is dressed and shod at the crack of dawn.
    — New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
  • Some of us work better in the late hours than at the crack of dawn.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Get the errands done early and mow the lawn at the crack of dawn.
    — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the best catches were hooked at the crack of dawn this past week.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The next morning, CT wakes Big T up at the crack of dawn to train for the final.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2021
  • For some, that means getting up at the crack of dawn—or, more precisely, at 5 a.m. to jump-start the day.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Vasyl liked to get up at the crack of dawn and do a twenty-five-kilometre bike loop in the woods.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But eighth graders and freshmen waking up for school at the crack of dawn have it extra rough.
    — Annie Blackman, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
  • No time to down a power bar from your pantry before hitting the airport at the crack of dawn?
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
  • Thanks to the best Black Friday home deals, there’s no reason to be up at the crack of dawn or chasing down deals in store.
    — Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The neighbors are more bothered by Emilio’s rooster, whose crowing wakes them up at the crack of dawn.
    — Time, 28 July 2023
  • Whoever said that waking up at the crack of dawn was key to success was wrong.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Nearly every weekday for the last 20 years, at the crack of dawn, some of the area’s top prospects have trained together.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Thanks to the best early Black Friday home deals, there’s no reason to be up at the crack of dawn or chasing down deals in store.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The tome went on sale exclusively in Target stores at the crack of dawn on Black Friday.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Alarm clocks have come a long way from an irritating clanging to wake you out of a slumber at the crack of dawn.
    — Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Bandera now runs his own print shop, Product of L.A., while Barba still wakes up at the crack of dawn to garden with his dad.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Being awake at the crack of dawn after a night of screeching birds had its benefits, though.
    — Kristen De Groot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Everybody has a lot to do, but clearing leaves at the crack of dawn or while the sun sets is not the way to endear yourself to anybody on your block.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2021
  • His long flat-bottomed vessel sealed off the only channel to a wood duck hole that was begging to be hunted at the crack of dawn.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Just don’t be surprised if the neighborhood kids suddenly start showing up on your doorstep at the crack of dawn.
    — Elizabeth Kadar, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The American paid tribute to those early years when her parents would wake up at the crack of dawn to ferry their child to training.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Then, at the crack of dawn on the 10th — the day before the lunch — Williams passed on an insistent message from the president’s chief adviser and friend: think again! — do come!
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The private chef often wakes up at the crack of dawn, perhaps making a pit stop at a local farm stand or fish purveyor.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Today is Black Friday, a day when many Americans will wake up at the crack of dawn to crowd into stores and snag those once a year deals for Christmas.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Black Friday lures shoppers out at the crack of dawn with its flash discounts on all the latest technology.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Every morning, like clockwork, at the crack of dawn we are awakened by the gentle tapping of a pair of bushtits on our bedroom window.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
  • But a lot has changed since 1939, including many consumers who prefer to shop online over multiple days instead of trekking to the mall at the crack of dawn.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Last Wednesday, around 500 people lined up at the crack of dawn – some having camped out overnight – to attend the grand opening of the latest American fast-food chain to hit town.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Though the unofficial holiday is a time for huge sales, long lines at the crack of dawn and family fun, the rowdy event has a not-so-glamorous past.
    — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022

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