Collocations for "sunrise"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sunrise" in context.
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sunrise
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- watch the sunrise [together, hand in hand]
- almost never (get to) see the sunrise
- a [beautiful, pink] sunrise
- the sunrise was [beautiful] this morning
- the sunrise over the [field, sea, mountains]
- watch the sunrise from your [balcony, bedroom]
- watch the sunrise in [Venice]
- sunrise and sunset
- [work, study] from sunrise to sunset
- [met, started, set off] at sunrise
- [woke, got] up at sunrise
- an early morning sunrise
- heard the birds [singing, cooing] at sunrise
- is a sunrise industry
'sunrise' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):