Example Sentences

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It dawns on him that he’s in a new, bizarre, just-for-him reality, and he won’t see daylight until he can spot the anomalies in each go-round.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Commercial-scale fusion power has had its share of false dawns, says Bechtel, futurist and professor of corporate innovation at the University of Notre Dame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In some sense, this is akin to the realization that dawns on most people regarding their parents: Before we came along, they had a whole identity that had nothing to do with us.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

As another Grand Slam season dawns, many players still believe they are undervalued and denied a voice in key decisions made by the major championships.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

And it dawns on me that Garrett just had that burst of energy.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman