Antonyms for daybreak

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dey-breyk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪˌbreɪk

Definition of daybreak

Origin : 1520s, from day + break (n.).

noun beginning of light hours

Example sentences :

One morning at daybreak I was awakened by Jim swinging back my door.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

At daybreak they were in the entrance of the Straits, but the enemy were not in sight.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

Proclaim at daybreak that I myself will review the troops in the Vivarrambla.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The baron, with some of his retainers and all the foresters, halted at daybreak in Sherwood forest.
Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock

I go out at daybreak, driving the oxen to field, and I yoke them to the plough.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Have them ready by to-morrow at daybreak, when the messenger may start.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

"Let a search be made at daybreak to-morrow morning," exclaimed Mr. Dunbar.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

On the 30th of January, at daybreak, the 1st Division again advanced.
Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis

Next morning, the 9th, at daybreak, the troops advanced in two columns.
Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis

At daybreak on March 20, 1915, the brigade reached the German position.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Synonyms for daybreak

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