How to Use daybreak in a Sentence

daybreak

noun
  • I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says.
  • At daybreak, a park ranger heard Paul’s call for help.
    — Christina Kovac, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Surface plugs work well near bait pods at daybreak for trout and reds.
    — Mark Blythe, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 July 2018
  • By daybreak, the death toll was at least thirty-one.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Toward daybreak, the snow will change to sleet and freezing rain.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • For those in the southwestern part of the state, the snow will start at daybreak.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • People all around the world will get up before daybreak, and make their way to church.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Caro got that image the same way by showing up at daybreak himself.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The cover image should show a revolver on a lawn at daybreak.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Two of the three fires had been contained by daybreak on Thursday.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The next morning Halvorsen and his group were out at daybreak.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
  • China has yet to move forward; dark night Waits its daybreak.
    — Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Most of the rain will hold off until daybreak Tuesday, though.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Chau waited until the next morning, at daybreak, to try to get ashore.
    — Kai Schultz, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
  • The storm let up before daybreak, but the morning was gray and cheerless with a cold wind.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Thicker mid-level to high clouds will spread over the region through daybreak.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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 bulk of the showers and storms should be well to the south of the District at daybreak.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • 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
  • By daybreak, an uneasy calm overtook the city of more than 3 million.
    — Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The greatest chance of rain showers arrived by daybreak.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • By daybreak, the Oakridge Ranger Station had burned to the ground.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2023
  • At daybreak, David and Michal went upstairs to wake Ruthi with the news.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Predawn dog walkers and beachcombers can find Mars high in the south before daybreak.
    — Blaine P. Friedlander Jr., Washington Post, 1 Aug. 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
  • By daybreak, a foot of water had flooded the house, and the toilet wasn’t flushing.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • By daybreak, firefighters were still working to douse the flames at the complex.
    — Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
  • The front will move through the area by daybreak Friday, forecasters said.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 29 July 2021

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