waking
Example Sentences
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The 52-year-old commutes to Oia from nearby Imerovigli, where she rents an apartment with a home studio so she can spend every waking hour making bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
What mattered was less that the meal satisfied any established definition of breakfast than that, sometime after waking, you had allowed yourself to be fed.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
It has become indispensable for organizing my waking hours, prioritizing critical tasks and remembering important obligations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For the next couple of weeks, she’d couch surf until ultimately sleeping in her van, waking up early to wait tables at an oyster bar on Sunset Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ivy had suddenly gotten worried about her little brother waking up right before Josie could answer Lucinda’s question.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
