How to Use first light in a Sentence

first light

noun
  • Most days, my own feet are at the edge of the ocean by first light.
    — Bonnie Tsui, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
  • About halfway through the set, the first light rain drops fell.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • This great white egret took off into the first light of a spring morning.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The plan was to wake up early, climb in the dark, and ski back down to camp at first light.
    — As Told To Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Search efforts resumed at first light the next day, the agency said.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
  • If all goes well, the first light photons will enter the camera in the spring.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • Keep your candles tucked away to ensure your candles smell as good as their first light.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Toms gobble most just after first light, in an effort to attract hens.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The next morning, the team headed out at first light to attempt to rescue it again.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
  • What the folklore says is that the vampire must return to its grave before first light.
    — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Go out at first light with ultralight spinning tackle, and toss out a nightcrawler on a bare hook.
    — Will Ryan, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
  • One morning, the first light of day lasts longer than usual and Yong senses the coming of death.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 July 2024
  • This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • At very first light, being able to see is sometimes more important than being hidden.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Here, scents were carefully paired with each look and section of the show, starting with Bare at the first light.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Seeing first light from the top of Haleakalā is a must-have experience in any season.
    — Sarah L. Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Outside, first light was beginning to break, the horizon behind us awash in orange and pink.
    — Jordan Salama, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Two areas of the sky were targeted for first light to demonstrate the telescope's prowess.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Perry asked anyone who was able to help search for the missing plane to rally at first light on Monday.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Summer trout are at their most vigorous at daybreak—and first light is a great time to pursue most kinds of fish, at any time of year.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
  • The search resumed at first light Friday, according to the release.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 8 July 2023
  • His method is to enter the forest before first light and simply wait for an hour or so, watching and listening.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
  • Finding Mars first Mars currently rises about half an hour before the first light of dawn.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Evenings unfold around the spa beneath the stars; mornings begin with coffee on the patio, as the first light filters through the trees.
    — Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Locals started their days in small boats, pushing off at first light to fish before returning after sunrise to tend the fields.
    — Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
  • Rescuers returned to the site at first light the following morning to recover Shoulders’ body.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Storm moves south on approach At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds.
    — Luis Alberto Cruz, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • Yara ran toward the first light until the sloshing in their messenger bag reminded them of Newt’s existence.
    — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • The conditions were so bad that the operation was suspended overnight and only resumed at first light, the police statement said.
    — Peter Guo, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
  • On Wednesday, Los Angeles residents woke up to the first light coming through layers of thick ash and smoke in the air.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

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