awake

Example Sentences

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The old-school kind where everybody is mostly well-behaved and polite, and the audience scrolls on their phones to stay awake.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Sally says she tried every possible treatment but nothing worked; she would go to bed and lie awake all night.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

But it isn’t just Chinese EVs that are keeping American car executives awake at night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Each participant wore an accelerometer on their wrist for seven days, allowing researchers to track both step count and sedentary time, defined as time spent sitting or lying down while awake.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

But just as he began to drift off to sleep, a loud yell shook him awake.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova