predawn
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of predawn
Example Sentences
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It was replaced by a predawn raid that was brilliantly executed and valiant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that "in two predawn operations today, the Coast Guard conducted back-to-back meticulously co-ordinated boarding of two 'ghost fleet' tanker ships".
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
In the predawn hours of March 13, 1944, a Halifax bomber flew across the black waters of the Adriatic Sea carrying four Jewish paratroopers equipped with submachine guns, pistols and knives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
It’s a bustling predawn morning in Black Rock City.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
His body was warm in the predawn cold, and formed something solid and certain in Tally’s shaken reality.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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