How to Use sunup in a Sentence

sunup

noun
  • We will meet at sunup.
  • His best chance to catch a glimpse of the heavens comes here and now, before sunup.
    — [email protected], Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2014
  • Fueling your body from sunup to sundown can also help keep headaches at bay.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2019
  • Camp within earshot of Havasu Falls and hoof back to your car at sunup.
    — Robert Earle Howells, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Hours before sunup every weekday, Adama and his five-man crew roll their pirogues out to sea.
    — Chidinma Irene Nwoye, Quartz Africa, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The demand was so great that patients who arrived after sunup sometimes got turned away.
    — Barack Obama, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Inmates lived in small camps and worked sunup to sundown in nearby plantation fields.
    — Jerry Mitchell, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2020
  • To avoid the crowds, plan to arrive at the park by sunup, hitting the more popular trails early.
    — Catherine Toth Fox, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Eid al-Fitr -- which is the day to break a month-long period of sunup-to-sundown fasting.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The residents, who worked six days a week from sunup to sundown, were not paid for their work, the victims allege.
    — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Starting at sunup, firefighters will again attack the blaze with aircraft.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Our neighbor's five kids and their friends use this court on a daily basis, from sunup to sundown, each on their own practice schedule.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2020
  • There is a really great-looking playground behind the house and the grounds are open to the public, sunup to sundown.
    — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The measure now moves to the House, where a vote could come before sunup, but its fate in the lower chamber is far from certain.
    — Bill Lambrecht, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The pair have taken over Jamaica for the last few days, serving piping hot bawdy across the country from sunup to sundown.
    — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Those days were quite long between traveling and photography, sunup to sundown.
    — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Observers fast from sunup to sundown, breaking fast with iftar, the evening meal and for many Muslims, a communal event.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Monsour observes Ramadan by fasting from sunup to sundown, which is one of the pillars of Islam.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The past few, starting at sunup and continuing until sundown, were 40-milers.
    — Christa Lawler, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Just go outside before sunup in late September or early October, and look south to southeast.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The lowest temperatures will be just before sunup on Thursday, Kuroski said.
    — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Meanwhile, thru-hikers who are on the go from sunup till sundown, and therefore need to keep weight to a minimum, should invest in ultralight hiking shoes for men.
    — Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2021
  • From sunup to sundown, Supper wows with thoughtful plates that are simultaneously on trend and timeless.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 4 June 2018
  • Hunting deer from a tree stand typically involves walking into the woods before sunup, and leaving after sunset.
    — Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The journey from seed to plate is uncertain—drought, pests, predators, limited cash, too much rain, and too few field hands willing to work sticky-hot summers from sunup to sundown.
    — Eric Velasco, al, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Many Muslim delegates will fast from sunup to sundown before heading out for Ifthar, the traditional meal that breaks the fast.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
  • These Colorado ski towns will keep you entertained from sunup to sundown, while offering easy access, beautiful views, and, of course, great skiing.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The area was difficult to access, so authorities were waiting for sunup to try to reach the area, Officer Steven Bourasa said.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • For example, the earliest parade in Ireland famously kicks off in Dingle just before sunup!
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Some in the community have suggested that Ramadan, the holy month during which observant Muslims fast from sunup to sundown, may have saved lives.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 15 June 2017

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