wide-awake

Example Sentences

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Penelope whispered to the children that they ought to let Mrs. Apple sleep, but they were wide-awake and much too excited to stay quiet.

From Literature

Midnight, and the children were wide-awake in their beds.

From Literature

The combination of being nocturnal and being bombarded with sight and sound kept me wide-awake.

From Literature

All that suggests that the case will keep jurors wide-awake during the six or so weeks it is projected to take.

From Seattle Times

She does provide intricate detail about, for instance, how the station’s drinking water gets recycled from everyone’s urine, or how “the wide-awake, always-awake station vibrates with fans and filters.”

From Los Angeles Times