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false dawn
noun
- zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
false dawn
noun
- zodiacal light appearing just before sunrise
Word History and Origins
Origin of false dawn1
Example Sentences
In important ways, it has revealed that the Obama administration, too, is a false dawn.
In short, it reveals that the Bush administration was a false dawn.
"But it is a false dawn," said the Abb Susini of Olmeta, himself an insatiable reader of newspapers, a keen and ardent politician.
They took turns keeping the watch until the gray of false dawn became the clearer light of morning.
When he opened the back door he faced the west, but even the sky at that point of the compass showed the glow of the false dawn.
It was a kind of false dawn—and then—ah, well, it is rather late, so suppose we get to business.
The Lady, looking at him over her glass, let her condescending smile fade away like a false dawn.
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