Athena, sitting alone in the boudoir, heard the return of the two men; but she waited in vain for Lingard to come to her, as he always did come to her, with that blind longing for her presence which he was only now, with dawning consciousness, beginning to resist.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Day was just dawning; a gray half-light covered the sky, but the dark shadows of the tall houses still stretched over the Place.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
For instance, it has been dawning on me of late that there's a good deal that's rather nice in Elcot.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss