wide-awake
Example Sentences
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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
Anthony Amsterdam was in California and wide-awake in the predawn hours on June 29, 1972, glued to the news as he awaited word from the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2022
On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
I fall in and out of sleep but am wide-awake when my dad comes home in the early morning hours.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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