Dawned

Examples

• It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ere long, some noted singers and musicians dawned upon the platform: as these stars rose, the comet-like professor set. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Some dim perception of a great change dawned on my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Blind as he was, smiles played over his face, joy dawned on his forehead: his lineaments softened and warmed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• No such hope dawned upon me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The summer morn had dawned upon them ere they could travel in full assurance that they held the right path. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Now his niece dawned upon him no longer a mad girl, but a most sensible woman. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A light dawned upon his dusky soul, as he thought, through a speech of Mrs. Bute's. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Fantastic failures of journeys occupied me until the day dawned and the birds were singing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Day, hateful to me, dawned; I retreated to my lodgings--I threw myself on a couch--I slept--was it sleep? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• A singular notion dawned upon me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But with the Nineteenth Century a new era has dawned. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Like a flash of lightning in the darkness their full purport dawned upon me--the key to the three great doors of the atmosphere plant! Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• When the fact dawned on him it nearly broke his heart, but now it seemed the redeeming feature of the case. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The idea of the empire dawned only very gradually upon the mind of Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• By the time that exercise was terminated, day had fully dawned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When they got to Cleveland, it dawned upon them that they had not done any business, so they had to come back on the next train to New York to transact it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The vast possibilities of the film had not yet dawned upon the pioneers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Too feverish to rest, I rose as soon as day dawned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A slow mocking smile dawned on Gudrun's face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Some suspicion that the police could not carry the burden of suppressing the social evil must have dawned on the Commission. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• When the nineteenth century dawned, men were making brick in the same way for the most part that they were fifty centuries before. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A light which was not of this world--a light shining prophetically from an unmade grave--dawned on my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Day dawned; and I directed my steps towards the town. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The morning of our departure for Thark dawned clear and hot, as do all Martian mornings except for the six weeks when the snow melts at the poles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Then light dawned on him, and with it came a momentary rush of indignation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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