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Definition of false dawn in English: false dawnnoun 1A promising situation which comes to nothing. after so many false dawns, Britain was finally enjoying an export-led boom Example sentencesExamples - We've had a few false dawns this year where we've had one or two results but then went back to square one.
- There have been too many false dawns so a cut in interest rates would be a timely and wise move.
- Given the false dawns that have broken over the area, including five grandiose development plans which have been presented over the past 15 years with no more to show for themselves than the last one, one may ask why it has taken them so long.
- Of course there have been some false dawns along the way, players who were hailed as the next great thing but unfortunately never made it.
- There must not be any more lost opportunities or false dawns.
- It all looks very promising - yet false dawns and fresh starts are common in Africa.
- ‘We have been here before,’ said one, referring to the many false dawns of the past.
- There have been plenty of false dawns at White Hart Lane down the years, but their aspirations of European football next season look more realistic than for a good while
- But many have, and after four decades or so of false dawns, the candidate who convinces the punters that the Bingley relief road is finally coming will certainly not lose votes.
- But after several false dawns and funding setbacks, councillors were today able to confirm that the money was finally in place.
- Perhaps the optimism is slightly guarded, as there have been false dawns at other clubs in the past when new owners have come in.
- He was forced to endure 10 months of rehabilitation, exacerbated by countless false dawns, and the knowledge that his career had been grounded just when it should have been taking off.
- The others have just had so many false dawns they've learnt not to be too gung-ho, which is good news from an investment point of view.
- Was the perception of hip-hop as a cultural and political force maybe a false dawn, even back in the Eighties?
- Through thirty years of setbacks, false dawns, raised and disappointed hopes, he kept at the peace process until it bore fruit in the Good Friday Agreement.
- This may be the day when, finally, after all the false dawns and dashed hopes, peace replaces war.
- The past five years have been peppered with false dawns from the two inquiries by outside police forces, which brought her no satisfaction, to the first inquest in 2002, which devastated her with its open verdict.
- The French Republic has had too many constitutions, too many false gods and too many false dawns to go in for the hero-worship of its founding fathers that gives Americans such satisfaction.
- As he said himself, the prime minister has lived through too many false dawns since 1997 to use such phrases as ‘a step of unparalleled magnitude’ without being reasonably confident.
- The Olympics confirmed that in six months he had acquired a position of leadership in an Argentina team wary of false dawns but with grounds for optimism ahead of the 2006 World Cup.
2A transient light which precedes the rising of the sun by about an hour, commonly seen in Eastern countries. Example sentencesExamples - The huldre's sobs are dying down when false dawn lights the sky.
- This time, I was the one to let Brock sleep, waking him only an hour or so before false dawn.
- The soft blue light of false dawn greets your eyes as they pop open, your mind clear from the fog of sleep.
- Overhead, the final wave of charges was flooding in, an iridescent ribbon of gold-red light that broke a false dawn over the island.
Definition of false dawn in US English: false dawnnounfɔls dɔn 1A promising situation which comes to nothing. the latest signs of an economic recovery could be another false dawn Example sentencesExamples - Through thirty years of setbacks, false dawns, raised and disappointed hopes, he kept at the peace process until it bore fruit in the Good Friday Agreement.
- He was forced to endure 10 months of rehabilitation, exacerbated by countless false dawns, and the knowledge that his career had been grounded just when it should have been taking off.
- Given the false dawns that have broken over the area, including five grandiose development plans which have been presented over the past 15 years with no more to show for themselves than the last one, one may ask why it has taken them so long.
- The Olympics confirmed that in six months he had acquired a position of leadership in an Argentina team wary of false dawns but with grounds for optimism ahead of the 2006 World Cup.
- But after several false dawns and funding setbacks, councillors were today able to confirm that the money was finally in place.
- ‘We have been here before,’ said one, referring to the many false dawns of the past.
- The French Republic has had too many constitutions, too many false gods and too many false dawns to go in for the hero-worship of its founding fathers that gives Americans such satisfaction.
- There have been plenty of false dawns at White Hart Lane down the years, but their aspirations of European football next season look more realistic than for a good while
- But many have, and after four decades or so of false dawns, the candidate who convinces the punters that the Bingley relief road is finally coming will certainly not lose votes.
- Was the perception of hip-hop as a cultural and political force maybe a false dawn, even back in the Eighties?
- There must not be any more lost opportunities or false dawns.
- As he said himself, the prime minister has lived through too many false dawns since 1997 to use such phrases as ‘a step of unparalleled magnitude’ without being reasonably confident.
- Of course there have been some false dawns along the way, players who were hailed as the next great thing but unfortunately never made it.
- This may be the day when, finally, after all the false dawns and dashed hopes, peace replaces war.
- There have been too many false dawns so a cut in interest rates would be a timely and wise move.
- The others have just had so many false dawns they've learnt not to be too gung-ho, which is good news from an investment point of view.
- It all looks very promising - yet false dawns and fresh starts are common in Africa.
- Perhaps the optimism is slightly guarded, as there have been false dawns at other clubs in the past when new owners have come in.
- The past five years have been peppered with false dawns from the two inquiries by outside police forces, which brought her no satisfaction, to the first inquest in 2002, which devastated her with its open verdict.
- We've had a few false dawns this year where we've had one or two results but then went back to square one.
2A transient light that precedes the rising of the sun by about an hour. Example sentencesExamples - The huldre's sobs are dying down when false dawn lights the sky.
- This time, I was the one to let Brock sleep, waking him only an hour or so before false dawn.
- Overhead, the final wave of charges was flooding in, an iridescent ribbon of gold-red light that broke a false dawn over the island.
- The soft blue light of false dawn greets your eyes as they pop open, your mind clear from the fog of sleep.
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