Advertisement

View definitions for awake

awake

adjective as in conscious; alert

verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep

verb as in become or make aware

Discover More

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.

From BBC

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.

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement