wide-awake
Example Sentences
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I’m grateful to have seen it in a theater, which it absolutely deserves; audiences planning to stream it at home should know that it demands and rewards wide-awake attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Here, for instance, is one of many passages in which our wide-awake heroine, Emma Averell, tries and fails to fall asleep:
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
This wide-awake undertaker gained an advantage over his competitors in that he went after the business while the others waited for the business to come after them.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
