- present participle of wake.
waking
Example Sentences
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Participants wore a headband that recorded brain waves, used a smartwatch to monitor sleep, and filled out a questionnaire each morning about how they had slept and how they felt upon waking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
"He caught up quickly because he devoted his whole life to it, for every waking hour and then some."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Your brain learns this is somewhere I lie and get stressed about not being able to sleep - so the most important thing is a consistent waking time," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Maybe the answer is waking up and realizing you don’t have to hit the drive-thru for breakfast.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
She dozed fitfully during the day and night that followed, waking several times with the excitement of some new detail about our work in Holland or Germany.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
