waking up
Example Sentences
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“And judging by Monday’s price action, this is certainly not looking like a bundle of joy for Korean investors waking up to find their market at the epicenter of the global AI unwind.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
She shares that Joe had been waking up repeatedly at night during their last year in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“People are beginning to see the costs of militarization, and that is a hopeful sign. We don’t know how far it’s going to go, but at least it seems to be waking up some people.”
From Salon • May 25, 2026
She said she briefly lost consciousness, waking up to see debris covering two streets.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
‘If I is giving a girl’s dream to a boy, even if it was a really whoppsy girl’s dream, the boy would be waking up and thinking what a rotbungling grinksludging old dream that was.’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
