wide-awake
Example Sentences
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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 • Apr. 22, 2024
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
On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022
Zaritska keeps singing, lamenting her new reality — lying wide-awake at 4 a.m., taking life day by day and no longer having time for dreams.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022
“It’s another warning sign. Nobody should doubt that St. Helens is wide-awake and getting ready to erupt.”
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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