Sunrise

Examples

• But it would have been jolly to see the sunrise. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They know nothing of sunrise or sunset, for they only see those marvels through a smoky veil. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• So, the sunrise came, and the shadows of the leaves of the plane-tree moved upon his face, as softly as her lips had moved in praying for him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When, a little after sunrise, Alexander came up, Darius was already dead. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We took another swim in the Sea of Galilee at twilight yesterday, and another at sunrise this morning. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She laid both hands on Gerty's shoulders, with a smile that was like sunrise on a sea strewn with wreckage. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It was grayer than a morning without sunrise. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I thought it was daylight--long after sunrise. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is sunrise on the desert, and the Turks turn their heads eastwards and bow to the sand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I thought of him now--in his room--watching the sunrise; hoping I should soon come to say I would stay with him and be his. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But now the flood was shot through with glory, and it was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Do you like this sunrise, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It was near sunrise when Cassy and Emmeline paused, for a moment, in a little knot of trees near the town. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Moonlight, darkness, dawn, sunrise, day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Just about sunrise they saw its conical shape dimly on the horizon, and Crispin, who had his glasses up, uttered a cry of dismay. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Editor: Zeke