awake

Example Sentences

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The U.S. stock market is offering everything they want—up and to the right, and no reason to stay awake at night.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The defendant said he awoke and went to the living room where his friend was asleep on the sofa and the complainant was awake sitting in a chair.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

But it isn’t just Chinese EVs that are keeping American car executives awake at night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Each participant wore an accelerometer on their wrist for seven days, allowing researchers to track both step count and sedentary time, defined as time spent sitting or lying down while awake.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Over and over again the group worked with me—Nils, Henk, Leendert—bursting into my room without warning, shaking me awake, hurling questions at me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom