'dawning light' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the first moments of the sunrise. For example, "The sky started to glow with the dawning light, signaling the start of a new day."
My load, which is emotional but might as well be a 30-gallon water tank on my head -- is lightened by my constant companion, Jesus, who I can feel walking beside me, in the dust, the dark and confusion, as well as in the dawning light and an end in sight.
The painting is called "Dawning Light in Autumn Gorges," and Mr. Lam loves its deep hues and moody, impressionistic style.
It's a blissfully simple, lovely work that — as in innumerable paintings — takes as its subject the domestic space of the artist, specifically as the dawning light streams through a large window into the loft that Mr. Gehr was sharing with friends.
I knew that she was building him up, buttressing him with both genuine admiration and her own brand of anxious braggadocio, and that her overarching concern was that I might fail to see him as she wished me to — in the most dawning light, his pose steadfast and solitary.
Darkness wears off, and, dawning into light,.
By Alastair Reid The New Yorker, February 9 , 1963P. 32 Darkness wears off, and, dawning into light, View Article By Phil Klay By John Cassidy By Troy Patterson By Andy Borowitz.
By now the pre-dawn light was coming up.
In the dawn light, Glover saw three men in the parking lot.
We floated out on a silent pontoon boat, emerging into dawn light.
Afterwards I drew the curtains and tried to sleep against the dawn light crowding in.
