wakeful

Example Sentences

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Blocking these receptors leads to a more wakeful state that can increase focus, said Dr. Oliver Grundmann, who studies how plants affect the brain at the University of Florida.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2024

Early morning light is detected by the suprachiasmatic gland, which sits above the optic nerves, and its instructions cause our bodies to stop melatonin production so we can feel wakeful throughout the day.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022

“Considering that CIA has been crippled, it will be natural that this service tries to restore and rebuild itself, and of course Iranian intelligence community will always be wakeful and vigilant,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2019

I was struck by the recurrent image of sleeping women and vigilantly wakeful ones — like Penelope — in literature and art.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2018

There was something else, something inherently evil had drifted into my wakeful consciousness, a bad dream of some kind—a warning, perhaps.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall