How to Use predawn in a Sentence

predawn

adjective

• In the Northern Hemisphere, the best way to view the Perseids is to head out in the predawn hours.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Then in the predawn hours the man allegedly struck again, police said.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023
• Fans lined up in parking lots in the predawn hours to increase their chances of snagging one.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2024
• Five vehicles were on the bridge along with the bus at the time of Friday’s predawn collapse in Frick Park.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
• In the predawn hours of March 26, another crisis struck.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
• But tragedy struck the family again in the predawn hours of Thursday morning.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
• The prisoners landed at Fort Belvoir, Va., with clapping and cheers heard in the predawn hours.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
• Thousands of pilgrims walked here through the predawn darkness.
  — Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
• One person was killed in a predawn fiery crash on Interstate 65 in Hoover.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 July 2023
• Karon was shot and killed Jan. 7 during a predawn confrontation with an adult over car break-ins.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Their leader sits, cross-armed, at the head of this table, his shirt still slick with sweat from his predawn workout.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• The fishing club’s newest member had slept through her alarm and was now speeding through Queens toward the beach in the predawn light.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2021
• And then, in the predawn hours of Feb. 14, Deputy Blackmon turned into a driveway, several miles from the Dorotik home, and noticed a body off the road.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
• The line began forming in the predawn hours outside the consulate’s Little Italy office and quickly wrapped around the block.
  — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
• In the predawn chill, the laborer curses his degradation; in the twilight, the bodies of Israelis are given to the earth.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• They were decked in blue, huddling in groups and dancing along to energetic music to shake off the predawn chill.
  — Claire O’Callahan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• Jeremiah Long is charged with murder in the predawn killing of his grandfather, 71-year-old Thomas Parker.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2022
• For ideal viewing, head to a cozy spot away from any light interference between the night and predawn hours.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Some of the collapses in Turkey occurred many hours after the predawn mainshock.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• February opened with predawn snowfall, but just a coating or so dropped.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• The shower is visible in the early night, after around 9 p.m. local time, and in the predawn hours, according to NASA.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2023
• Gilley’s remains were found in Houston County in Wednesday’s predawn hours.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 11 May 2023
• Finding people to hire for the predawn shifts hasn't been a problem, Amazon officials said.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2022
• In the violence Thursday, people rushed about 30 trucks bringing a predawn delivery to the north.
  — Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
• After a predawn burst, about 1 to 4 inches of snow have already fallen around the region, with 2 to 3 inches common.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• City Lights Flights, which are predawn flights where people can see the city lights from above one hour before sunrise, start at $1,400 for two people. Details: https://www.phoenixballoonrides.com.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2022
• During the frigid predawn hours, the 984-foot ship lost power, veered off course and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers.
  — Gabe Cohen, CNN, 24 June 2024
• Hills around the city blazed in the predawn light after wildfires that had been burning since Tuesday jumped Lake Okanagan and spread into parts of Kelowna.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
• In the predawn hours, a large alligator was found in front of the store’s automatic glass doors, as if waiting patiently for the store to open.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2023
• The best time to watch the Perseid meteor shower, writes EarthSky, is from midnight into the predawn hours after the radiant has reached its highest point in the night sky.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024