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awake
adjective as in conscious; alert
verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep
Example Sentences
The sleep group had a 45-minute nap, while the wake group remained awake, watching a documentary.
She lay awake frozen in fear all night and in the morning he left.
The night before the fire exploded, the eerie howl of the Santa Ana winds kept some awake.
Diaz said he awoke to a baseball bat bashing his head, causing wounds that required 10 stitches to heal.
Hours earlier, just before dawn, he had been awoken by a phalanx of officers who had stormed into the small Hollywood apartment he shared with his mother and sister.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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