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• But eighth graders and freshmen waking up for school at the crack of dawn have it extra rough.
  — Annie Blackman, Glamour, 17 Sep. 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
• The downside of being a single mom in this situation is that my attendance was required at each and every game, which had a disconcerting way of occurring at the crack of dawn.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 18 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 29 Apr. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Don’t start your itinerary at the crack of dawn, which is not ideal for late-rising teens or smaller children who want time to play before getting in the car.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
• Thanks to the pandemic, there likely won't be the usual deal-seeking crowds lining up outside stores at the crack of dawn or pushing through crowded aisles.
  — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
• The immigration agent appeared at the house in a popular tourist haven in the eastern Dominican Republic at the crack of dawn.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
• No rushing to four stores to find rare ingredients; no waking up at the crack of dawn to hit the farmers' market for heirloom vegetables.
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024