awake

“The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery,” she added.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Being tired going to bed really helped my sleeping hours and meant I was never kept awake worrying about what was going wrong at work.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

He’s wide awake when he should be asleep because the middle of the night also happens to be his favorite time to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

We love to stop there and grab a little mochi candy or matcha ice cream to keep us awake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

When Annad had finally fallen asleep, exhausted by the excitement, Rowan lay awake in his bed, looking out of the window at the huge bulk of the Mountain.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

The Amazon MGM film, which stars Ryan Gosling as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a dimming sun, has earned nearly $257 million in total domestically.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

When she awakes, he lies to her about what happened, and season one's cliffhanger ending leaves viewers with the strong impression that Ellie is well aware of the deception.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

But then they encounter an aswang, a Filipino vampire, who awakes in Farrah an ancient and terrifying power.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

In Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, “The Last White Man,” the white protagonist awakes as a person of color.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

I think it is finally my atonal screeching that awakes them.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

It was 8 a.m. in Omsk when Tatiana was awaked by a phone call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Satchell, who said the months at the Six Flags site were the highlight of her nursing career, told Dennis she’d awaked that morning sad to see it close.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

A few minutes earlier, Tangie Griffin had awaked to screaming; she was used to young Shaquem crying when he bumped his partially developed left hand.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018

Knaak said not once during this spell has he awaked wondering how to engage with fans that day.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2014

Later.—I must have fallen asleep, for I was awaked by Mina, who was sitting up in bed, with a startled look on her face.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

But in a surprise turn of events, Sabine said she awoke a few weeks ago to find it had regained some of its natural strength and "broadly speaking, it's back to where it should be".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Thousands of Bangkok residents awoke in shelters on Sunday after flooding triggered by days of heavy rain in the Thai capital inundated homes and roads, with some starting to dry out their homes and belongings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Bored into slumber by 8:30 or 9, I awoke instantly to the bell at 5:15.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

I awoke in Washington on a recent Thursday the proud owner of a pair of Donald Trump’s favorite shoes.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

But when I awoke the next morning, I wasn’t quite sure if the day before had all been a dream.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

"Young people have awoken for our parents, too," Billa told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

GRENOBLE, France—One night last week, Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar was fast asleep on the shores of Lake Geneva when he was suddenly awoken by a knock at his hotel-room door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

They were awoken by neighbours, who knocked on their boat door at 04:20 GMT on Monday.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

For Dr. Atchley, who’s doing some of the foremost research in the field, the questions suggest he’s awoken from his own blind faith in technology.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

I do luxuriate in awaking to no news deadlines, playing pickleball when court fees are low and cycling to the beach on a weekday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

After awaking, he tweeted that he was fortunate he fell ill in Britain instead of in the United States.

From Fox News ● Aug. 5, 2020

“We are unwilling to spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasms of sleep, which often continueth praecogitations, making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome groves.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020

I had gone wrong: I had slept, awaking back at square one.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2019

Unable to find a hotel one night, he had slept on the ground, awaking the next morning to find himself beneath an olive tree.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides