How to Use daybreak in a Sentence

daybreak

noun

• I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says.
• Firefight in Tehama County By daybreak, hills on both sides of the roadway were completely burned over and smoldering.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 27 July 2024
• But foals need to be able to move with the herd at daybreak.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
• The bulk of the showers and storms should be well to the south of the District at daybreak.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• By daybreak, the Oakridge Ranger Station had burned to the ground.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2022
• For those in the southwestern part of the state, the snow will start at daybreak.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• Democrats were still marching to the floor at daybreak.
  — Orange County Register, 17 Feb. 2017
• At daybreak, David and Michal went upstairs to wake Ruthi with the news.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• Under gray clouds, daybreak brought an end to the rain and gave a kind of breezy, in-your-face freshness to the day.
  — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2020
• Toward daybreak, the snow will change to sleet and freezing rain.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• People all around the world will get up before daybreak, and make their way to church.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021
• Surface plugs work well near bait pods at daybreak for trout and reds.
  — Mark Blythe, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 July 2018
• The lockdown will start at daybreak Saturday and last until the end of the month.
  — Fox News, 8 Nov. 2020
• In that video is the scene of Grigsby at the lighthouse at daybreak, alone and singing about his own resilience.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2021
• At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2023
• The arrived at their spot before daybreak and stayed for most of the day, deep-dropping their baits over 1,000 feet to the ocean floor.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
• After daybreak, video from a 6ABC drone showed the fire had destroyed the entire roof of the building.
  — Joseph A. Gambardello, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
• By daybreak, a foot of water had flooded the house, and the toilet wasn’t flushing.
  — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• Its impact could be felt up to 30 miles away, and toxic plumes could be seen for miles by daybreak.
  — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 28 Nov. 2019
• The front will move through the area by daybreak Friday, forecasters said.
  — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 29 July 2021
• Chau waited until the next morning, at daybreak, to try to get ashore.
  — Kai Schultz, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
• The peacocks likely went to roost for the night, and the search was halted until daybreak Thursday.
  — Fox News, 1 June 2018
• Predawn dog walkers and beachcombers can find Mars high in the south before daybreak.
  — Blaine P. Friedlander Jr., Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020
• Drabick said daybreak would show the extent of the damage and long-term potential for the blaze.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2023
• Through the halls and stairways of an empty palace just before daybreak, a serving boy brings news: The King is dead.
  — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2022
• Permits were required to leave and enter these gates, which opened at daybreak and closed at dusk.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2021
• The lockdown takes effect at daybreak on Saturday across the country and will last until the end of the month.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2020
• At daybreak, Lopez noticed holes in the house that made her suspect gunfire.
  — Amy Gardner and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2023
• Showers should end by daybreak Monday, and gusty northwest winds should chase away the clouds.
  — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020
• China has yet to move forward; dark night Waits its daybreak.
  — Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024