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Grammar : Noun
Spell : daw-ning
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔ nɪŋ



Definition of dawning

Origin :
  • 1590s, from dawn (v.).
  • noun dawn
Example sentences :
  • The first dawning of genuine love—the fervour of adoration, all were fled.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • Artois was conscious of a dawning hostility in the Marchesino.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • What would be the result upon her and upon her dawning gift?
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The dawning intellect of her began to grasp already the nobility of work.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • And first Aristophanes drops, and then, as the day is dawning, Agathon.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • The day was dawning, and the last raindrops were splashing on the wet and empty pavement.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • However, he smiled politely and sniffed with a dawning suspicion.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • It was one of those soft days that link late spring and dawning summer.
  • Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
  • The religion of the future was dawning—the Church of the People.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • It was dawning upon him that a girl of the Colonies had rejected his suit.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

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