awake

This internal timing system influences when the body feels awake or sleepy over each roughly 24-hour cycle.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

When the center’s Kristine Koh arrived later to evaluate the raptor, she was awake and alert — but quiet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Backway said for women, poor sleep could often be put down to menopause or being kept awake by young children or stress.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The first one in and the last one out, with seven NFL championships built at an hour of the morning no camera was awake for.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

I’m all too aware of Camille awake next to me, her anxious gaze on me.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The Amazon MGM film, which stars Ryan Gosling as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a dimming sun, has earned nearly $257 million in total domestically.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

When she awakes, he lies to her about what happened, and season one's cliffhanger ending leaves viewers with the strong impression that Ellie is well aware of the deception.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

In 2013, the artists Sam and Toby Alden posted a web comic in which Jon Arbuckle awakes to find himself inside of Garfield, and Garfield tells him, “I’m Sorry Jon. I was so hungry.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

But then they encounter an aswang, a Filipino vampire, who awakes in Farrah an ancient and terrifying power.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

He awakes as soon as I think it.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Satchell, who said the months at the Six Flags site were the highlight of her nursing career, told Dennis she’d awaked that morning sad to see it close.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

Peter Ricketts, formerly the head of Britain’s Foreign Office, said he had awaked to the news of Mrs. May “appealing to others to help her out of dilemmas of her own making.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

A few minutes earlier, Tangie Griffin had awaked to screaming; she was used to young Shaquem crying when he bumped his partially developed left hand.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018

To longtime supporters, it was as if entire sections of the crowd had awaked from a 15-year coma.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2014

Later.—I must have fallen asleep, for I was awaked by Mina, who was sitting up in bed, with a startled look on her face.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

So, by the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

When that man awoke he called for help.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

I awoke in Washington on a recent Thursday the proud owner of a pair of Donald Trump’s favorite shoes.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

"This awoke not just Michoacan, but all of Mexico," she told AFP while surrounded by bodyguards to keep would-be assassins at bay.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

They awoke to a sun already risen in the sky.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

GRENOBLE, France—One night last week, Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar was fast asleep on the shores of Lake Geneva when he was suddenly awoken by a knock at his hotel-room door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

He was told locals of an ancient village near Chepstow had awoken to find more than 50 holes mysteriously dug among the gravestones of their churchyard.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

One nearby resident told the BBC she and her husband were awoken by a "loud rumbling noise and the ground shaking".

From BBC ● May 16, 2025

Each morning I was awoken before dawn by birdsong.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

I do luxuriate in awaking to no news deadlines, playing pickleball when court fees are low and cycling to the beach on a weekday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Little Tokyo offered an architectural awaking for a young Frank Gehry, and Disney’s celebrated acoustics trace directly back to Suntory Hall, Yasuhisa Toyota’s first major project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

Anwar McQueen, a star guard who played on the 1992-93 team, recalls an episode when he overslept, awaking too late to make the team’s flight to Vero Beach, Fla., where they were to play games.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022

After awaking, he tweeted that he was fortunate he fell ill in Britain instead of in the United States.

From Fox News ● Aug. 5, 2020

Finally they fall asleep, awaking only when three Hitler Youths in uniform report for duty early the next morning.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti